Piece of furniture that won't fit

[LMonkey]

Just bought this lovely storage bench to tidy away the shoes in the hallway of our new house (desperately needed). Only thing is there is a radiator right smack bang in the middle of the wall where this storage bench is meant to be which means that rather than sitting snug against the wall there is a 5.5" gap. Now, obviously I knew the radiator was there (!) but in my head I thought this thing would look OK in front of it, it's only now in reality I'm very disappointed.

I really don't want to return it as I think it's lovely and if it wasn't for the god damn radiator it would sit perfectly. Besides which I don't think we'll get anything which fits in the smaller gap to the side of the radiator. The storage bench won't go anywhere else in our hallway. I've thought of sawing a piece out the back so that it fits around the radiator but couldn't do that because of the drawers. Removing the radiator seems a bit drastic for a piece of furniture? And I don't know if we're allowed as it's a shared ownership house.

I've probably ruled out all possible suggestions in this post! But would welcome any more

[LMonkey]

Meant to attach these....

[Notsoaccidentproneanymore]

Could you move the radiator up the wall so that it's above the bench?

Could the radiator be turned sideways, so it runs parallel and above the bench?

[mypropertea]

Radiator cover that is as wide as the bench?

[Thelovecats]

Radiator cover sounds a great idea, then you get a little shelf on top too