Great looking place! Congratulations. Good there is easy access to water shutoff valve-important!

Will you have a place to hang clothes, and do ironing if needed? I'd want a towel bar by the sink for hand drying. I also might consider a backsplash of some sort to control water splashing. I know I would splash-a-plenty :) I'm a real mess when it comes to water and getting it everywhere.

Yes I am adding a bar above sink to hang dry clothes and shelving over the cabinets

I'm getting ready to do something similar (I hope!) in my basement. Where does the water go when it exits the washer? Maybe you have a new house that was built for this - unlike my 50-yr old house.

Very nice. You could paint the box that holds the water connections the same as the wall if you wanted, but it looks just fine as is. I painted mine because i didn't want it to stand out.

Finished!

Great! Now fill those shelves up with detergent, LOL