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If you want more privacy, don't have a glass door on the front of the house.
^^^ she should get what she liked based on the sample. Period. To Op: if you still have original packaging pls check if it is really Repose Gray with Brown glaze. It might be Lunar Gray which they also have in their offer. I would also get from designer a sample in Lunar Gray and bring home and put those 2 samples next to your cabinets. Also other person mentioned the lighter glaze could have be used. This is from their brochure:
And here is a picture from their catalog in the color and finish OP wanted and definitely doesn't look cool gray but it looks like the sample.
"I am still hoping that some decorator from this site chimes in and says something like: "This can be great -- all you need to do is . . "
That's honestly not going to happen. While that kind of response could be possible in a listening room or a basement or some sort of man cave, I can pretty much guarantee you there isn't an interior designer or decorator that's going to say there's a way to make this work and be aesthetically pleasing in your living room.
It might sound extreme but you could honestly replace those speakers with two toilets and it would make about as much sense as it does right now.
I find it sad that people on here have to “brag” that they only run the dishwasher every other day or twice a week. Stop telling people what you can afford and imply that anything over your budget is wasteful. I suggested two dishwashers to my daughter when they were building in 2004. My son-in-law thought it was a waste until the first week they were in their house. My daughter loves, loves to cook and bake and they have a system for using both dishwashers. For the record, I only had room for one dishwasher and sometimes run ours twice a day. My husband loves to find new recipes-and it seems they require every dish, pot, pan in our kitchen! We both wish we had space for a second one. To the OP-sink in the middle of the two dishwashers and the trash to the left of the left one. Enjoy!