Having seen very nicely done cars where the AC/heater hoses are very well concealed by routing them under inner fender panels and thence into passenger compartment,,,,is this an option for your car.

I have seen some where almost everything is so well concealed,,including compressor,,,,that upon first look, you would not even note that the car has an AC system,,,except for condenser in front of radiator.

Yea, that control is really fugly.