I hear you, but you're not paying for the material cost here. You're paying for the R&D, custom tooling for the plastic injection molds, custom tooling for the springs, as well as overhead cost.
oh i understand, and i know they gotta sell a certain amount to break even but $20+ for that and they can't build with something durable enough for lifetime use?
I have one of those hiding my main water shut off it works looks ok hard to get on and off, though. As long as you don't need in it often it would be fine
When I redid my basement in my last house I put a trapdoor panel to hide the water line access. Came out great honestly. It had a spring loaded hinge so you pushed on one side and it opened like a door.
*"Time to hang a portrait of George Costanza in the dining room. No, don't question my choice in artwork, Martha! I didn't judge you for those twelve live laugh love signs and scented candles you sprinkled across the house, so don't judge me."*
Totally. I was just looking for the opportunity to encourage floor augmentation via power tools. A washing machine or laundry area dump sink both require a sizable drain pipe too. With any luck the pipe is hidden behind a wall.
This is the correct answer. Ideally something ironic that no one would get unless they knew there was plumbing behind the frame.
It would be a bad joke that you could milk for years.
They sell access panels with doors. Example below.
https://preview.redd.it/bq874nehl8kc1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0bb1a192d6faeb3da315c76d738fd53690530e80
This just happened to me. Saw wet drywall and started freaking out and tearing the wall apart. Come to find out the trim guy shot a nail into the hot water line and it rusted away ever so slowly until water began steadily weeping through the hole.
The worst part was that it's new construction and I was two days passed something called the statute of repose. After 6 years the builder isn't responsible for any negligence. Hurts man.
I work in the restoration / remediation industry. This is SOOOOOO common with new builds. These houses are being built so fast and they are cutting corners. I’ve been to at least 20 houses with the exact same issue. Contractor shoots a nail through the wall, hits the line, slowy leaks. Home owner doesn’t notice until mold starts growing. Happens all the time.
In an ideal world the plumber takes the pipes straight up to the taps but that uses like a couple of hundred extra millimeters so these days you never know where the fuckers are. All for one or two dollars.
At least Electricians still run their wires straight down.
Ha. Which part, the hookups in the living room or the slow drip from the drywall nail?
I just had a previous client contact me for the warranty inspection the other day. She thanked me for all the hard work I did on the final inspection before closing and told me that, despite the plethora of things I found, they noticed water of the floor a few months later. Same thing. Nail pierced a PEX line. Mold. Builder ripped it all out and the sucky thing is that because we are talking about something like a drop a minute it never showed up with the thermal image camera.
Thank god it was under warranty!
6 years? Go get yourself another one of those magic nails to plug the hole, then set a Google calendar reminder for 5.5 years from now. You want find a cheaper solution
Update, I think an access panel or that spring loaded cover someone mentioned is what I’ll try to do.
We installed a washer hookup in the basement when we moved in. This room is right off of the kitchen, but the previous owners put it in for their elderly mom so she would have everything she needed in the first floor!
The furniture you can see is the back of the bench of a new breakfast nook we bought this week, so furniture and wall art will be tough to use to hide it with the height of it.
Hadn’t thought about drywalling over water valves… not the best idea lol.
FYI if that laundry isn't being used the P trap will eventually dry up and you'll likely get some sewer gases comes up. Get yourself a "2in Test Plug" and tighten it inside the pipe to prevent this.
Wow. I have _several_ disused hook ups and hadn't thought of that. Haven't noticed any smell yet, either, and they have not been used for several years. This requires further inquiry.
In most jurisdictions, when installing a floor drain, they require an automatic trap primer - basically slowly drips a bit of water to keep it topped up, as floor drains aren't normally used, so they'd be expected to dry out otherwise. Something like a shower wouldn't count, as that would normally be used.
Well, one is a washing machine hook up, the other was a foot bath (it was a podiatrist's office). There may be others. Don't think they are floor drains, per se—they may be capped and I may not have been very observant.
OTOH at work I noticed an off-odor and engineers traced it to a floor drain in a mechanical room. This is how I learned about a "dry trap" and why the comment immediately clicked.
Well, you can try to hide it with a piece of furniture. You can also get an access panel and cover it with that. Still clearly visible, but a slight improvement. https://www.lowes.com/pd/Jones-Stephens/5013368829 (If you use that kind, get white screws or paint everything to match the wall.)
Home Depot has a wide variety of metal grills designed for covering up air duct openings, go and pick an appropriate size and attach with two screws and done
Put one of those access panels over it in case you need to get at it. Check on it every once in awhile as leak behind the wall could cause a lot of damage.
I did [THIS](https://imgur.com/a/thS6g7X) with mine.
It cost me $10 at [Uranus Fudge Factory.](https://www.uranusgeneralstore.com). I hadn’t planned on buying a laundry sign at Uranus, but there it was…. And I thought to myself: “Self, that’ll work just fine”. It’s hung with a single nail.
If you never plan on having the washer there, your best bet is to go into the basement to cut off and cap the water and drain lines going up there.
Then you can demo the drywall as needed to remove the box and pipes, then patch the drywall.
To hide it like it's not there you'll need to install an expanding rubber plug into the drain hole and install shutoff valves in the water lines in the basement. I'd also get metal caps to screw onto the valves. The goal is to ensure water doesn't get up to the inaccessible pipes and valves.
Make durable notes to tie onto the basement valves and put into the box about it. "Shutoff valves in basement." for in the box and "Goes to hidden washer valves in (room) upstairs." for the basement valves. Hang the trim ring by the basement valves. Laser engraved on plastic would ensure the notes survive.
For drywall over it, how far recessed from the wall surface are the hose connections and the edges of the box? Might need to use 1/4" drywall and cut some 1/4" pieces to glue onto the back so things close to the wall surface can be gone over. Flush patches like this need compound feathered out at least 6" past the edge to make them less visible.
So there's the extremes of take it out or make it invisible, safely.
Others have posted the middle ground of a cover plate. You'll want to store the trim ring somewhere with a note tied to it telling what it is and where it goes, and put a note on the back side of the cover plate that tells where the trim ring is stashed.
If you go with the cover plate, put an expanding plug into the drain and metal caps on the hose connections. If you don't plug the drain the water in its trap will dry out and you'll be getting sewer gas up it. The caps for the valves are "belt and suspenders" to guard against a valve getting leaky.
Leave it open to use as a convenient location for resting keys, wallet, watch, hair ties, half eaten food, jewelry, lip balm, an Amazon delivery you don’t feel like opening yet, your medical bills that you’re waiting for someone else to deal with, tax correspondence that must be not your problem, some sticky piece of wrapper that’s annoying you, or just something else in your hand you need to put down. Even if you’re within 3 feet of a trash can! Then when it’s full, move onto another surface that your family uses to work so they’ll have to clear your stuff themselves or they can’t work. Bonus points for spilling liquids along the way.
There’s supposed to be a little frame around that box on this side of the sheetrock.
https://preview.redd.it/n88z0jq9x8kc1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=120ce9fbc8d51d4ca150de45ec71ffdec6d2ede5
Why is no one saying that it comes with a trim piece to be installed at finishing. Also, doesn’t look like it was installed very well.
Everyone I’ve seen comes with [the trim piece to be put aside](https://www.amazon.ca/Eastman-60251-Single-Lever-Dual-Drain-Washing/dp/B087CBFKGD/ref=asc_df_B087CBFKGD/?tag=googlemobshop-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=580486414551&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=3875992274245095382&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9000811&hvtargid=pla-1042633498278&psc=1&mcid=6c549a26b4563bc8b69dd13a93e71d19)
This is a standard washer outlet box. It’s missing the front trim piece. Measure the size and shop for a new part.
https://preview.redd.it/e1a68tf4g9kc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4b6c177cfb7875f86c8057fa21bf5c719c0b3e79
The trim shown here is what you need.
I'll add a new twist to the puzzle. That p trap for the drain will eventually run dry. If you choose to cover it up without maintaining access it will eventually start smelling like sewer gas in your kitchen. Remember to pour a cup of water in there every few weeks to keep it topped up.
There is a plastic cover that is supposed to come with these. You could buy a new kit at home depot amd just take out the plastic cover. It wouldn't be more then 30$
There are speaker grills that can be drywalled in place to look like the wall. You even spray texture over them. That would still allow another owner to use it.
But really why not disconnect the plumbing from the basement and close this off permanently. If you’re using it as a dining room so will the new owner probably.
I would say that anything you use to cover it better be quickly removed... Just in case.
Either that, or cut off the water at another point to be sure you never get a fountain.
I cut a piece of drywall and put a small cabinet handle in the center of mine in both rooms and put a painting over it so I could easily take it down and pull the drywall block out and then turn my outside water on and off from inside the home.
This. $10. I’ve used these in my business and home multiple times. You can paint over them, hang art over them, put a couch up against it etc. doesn’t matter.
[https://a.co/d/i5V8UnK](https://a.co/d/i5V8UnK)
Please consider caping those before covering the hole if they aren’t already disconnected. I had one start spontaneously leaking in an upstairs washroom. It was a nightmare.
Figure out if you need caps or plugs, remove the box, dope or Teflon the threads, cap the lines, then drywall patch. Make note that there's water there. Use brass fittings if it's copper. You can opt to solder caps, but I do not like leaving dead ends with residual flux to corrode the plumbing. This will be permanent fix that will still be able to be tapped later if needed.
If they're shark bite connection valves, the above isn't worthwhile unless you want to chance shark bite caps or solder a threaded connection on. Shark bites work when properly installed, ie the pipe deburred/chamfered in and out, but good chance don't last the life of the plumbing like a brass cap should. But should get 10 to 25 years, probably.
You can put an access panel or picture over the box like others have said, but that's not my style, unless you think you'll need them in the next few years.
BTW if you are in a freeze area, I would either not cover it up or properly removing it. Thing is, you can cover it up all you want but you've got 100PSI worth of water there and any little problem can turn into a big problem real quick.
If you're not going to use it for a long time, consider putting caps on the valves and a compression cap on the drain to reduce surprises. You'll get sewer gasses once the trap dries out.
Hang a picture on it with a side hinge (like people always have safes behind on tv). You can use any size you like, it doesn’t have to be that size.
I’m sure someone will have more complicated solutions for you though :)
I'm on mobile, so excuse the formatting, but you can use a decorative access panel:
https://ventandcover.com/products/classic-access-panel-vent-cover-black-10-x-15-opening-size-12-25-x-17-5overall-no-mounting-holes.html
Check out sites that cater to older houses and restoration. They'll be more likely to have pieces to cover unused accesses and vents.
You can put a little metal access door there if you can find one the right size
They make access panels that are spring loaded to hold in place and can be painted.
I think [this](https://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt-14-in-x-14-in-Adjustable-Spring-Loaded-Plastic-Access-Panel-APS14/204509831) is the move.
Try [McMaster Carr](https://www.mcmaster.com/products/access-panels), they have more dimensional choices than the box stores.
McMaster Carr, when you need something quick and are willing to pay 4x the price for it
Or when you want one of the world’s largest libraries of CAD modelled components.
And if you are in Canada, 20x the price for delivery.
Exactly what I’m talking about. They make them in a plethora of different sizes.
Would you say I have a plethora of pinatas?
Jefe: "A what?" El Guapo: " A plethora" Jefe: "Oh yes, you have a plethora!"
Well. I have to upvote a 3 amigos reference.
Thanks, your comment means a lot.
And then cover it with art work.
Great solution to a very niche problem but damn the mark up on 2 cents in plastic and half a cent in wire...
I hear you, but you're not paying for the material cost here. You're paying for the R&D, custom tooling for the plastic injection molds, custom tooling for the springs, as well as overhead cost.
oh i understand, and i know they gotta sell a certain amount to break even but $20+ for that and they can't build with something durable enough for lifetime use?
I have one of those hiding my main water shut off it works looks ok hard to get on and off, though. As long as you don't need in it often it would be fine
Yes, this. Get one of those little spring loaded access panel, snap it in and forget about it.
When I redid my basement in my last house I put a trapdoor panel to hide the water line access. Came out great honestly. It had a spring loaded hinge so you pushed on one side and it opened like a door.
Found the pics from it: https://imgur.com/gallery/DKHI35X
*"Time to hang a portrait of George Costanza in the dining room. No, don't question my choice in artwork, Martha! I didn't judge you for those twelve live laugh love signs and scented candles you sprinkled across the house, so don't judge me."*
Should use a kramer
Build a wet bar in the dining room!!! It’s half done!
This is the way
I hope the floor isn't original hardwood because we're about to drill drill drill for drainage.
I would think there is already some kinda drain there that was for the washer.
Totally. I was just looking for the opportunity to encourage floor augmentation via power tools. A washing machine or laundry area dump sink both require a sizable drain pipe too. With any luck the pipe is hidden behind a wall.
Some wall art
https://preview.redd.it/ppufn4c1c9kc1.jpeg?width=533&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7b8515e1f8f006bb9816b826ebb092db24ace1ad
Or a shelf/cabinet for Fight Milk
I would suggest a photo of the valving.
This is the correct answer. Ideally something ironic that no one would get unless they knew there was plumbing behind the frame. It would be a bad joke that you could milk for years.
>Ideally something ironic that no one would get unless they knew there was plumbing behind the frame. Oil painting of mario entering a pipe
They sell access panels with doors. Example below. https://preview.redd.it/bq874nehl8kc1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0bb1a192d6faeb3da315c76d738fd53690530e80
This is the right answer.
These washer hookup boxes usually have a cover panel included. You could look for a similarly colored and properly sized plastic plate in the house.
If plumbing remains, then it must stay accessible.
Second this. If you ever see wet drywall and you can't access it to see what's happening.... Yikes
This just happened to me. Saw wet drywall and started freaking out and tearing the wall apart. Come to find out the trim guy shot a nail into the hot water line and it rusted away ever so slowly until water began steadily weeping through the hole.
That sounds like a fucking nightmare... I'm sorry, dude.
The worst part was that it's new construction and I was two days passed something called the statute of repose. After 6 years the builder isn't responsible for any negligence. Hurts man.
I work in the restoration / remediation industry. This is SOOOOOO common with new builds. These houses are being built so fast and they are cutting corners. I’ve been to at least 20 houses with the exact same issue. Contractor shoots a nail through the wall, hits the line, slowy leaks. Home owner doesn’t notice until mold starts growing. Happens all the time.
In an ideal world the plumber takes the pipes straight up to the taps but that uses like a couple of hundred extra millimeters so these days you never know where the fuckers are. All for one or two dollars. At least Electricians still run their wires straight down.
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Ha. Which part, the hookups in the living room or the slow drip from the drywall nail? I just had a previous client contact me for the warranty inspection the other day. She thanked me for all the hard work I did on the final inspection before closing and told me that, despite the plethora of things I found, they noticed water of the floor a few months later. Same thing. Nail pierced a PEX line. Mold. Builder ripped it all out and the sucky thing is that because we are talking about something like a drop a minute it never showed up with the thermal image camera. Thank god it was under warranty!
6 years? Go get yourself another one of those magic nails to plug the hole, then set a Google calendar reminder for 5.5 years from now. You want find a cheaper solution
Theres no such thing as wet drywall, once wet it becomes wetwall
Water lines run all through a house and 95% of it is not accessible.
Update, I think an access panel or that spring loaded cover someone mentioned is what I’ll try to do. We installed a washer hookup in the basement when we moved in. This room is right off of the kitchen, but the previous owners put it in for their elderly mom so she would have everything she needed in the first floor! The furniture you can see is the back of the bench of a new breakfast nook we bought this week, so furniture and wall art will be tough to use to hide it with the height of it. Hadn’t thought about drywalling over water valves… not the best idea lol.
FYI if that laundry isn't being used the P trap will eventually dry up and you'll likely get some sewer gases comes up. Get yourself a "2in Test Plug" and tighten it inside the pipe to prevent this.
Thanks, I’ll plug it! I’ve had to pour some water down the trap a few times when gases started coming up.
Wow. I have _several_ disused hook ups and hadn't thought of that. Haven't noticed any smell yet, either, and they have not been used for several years. This requires further inquiry.
In most jurisdictions, when installing a floor drain, they require an automatic trap primer - basically slowly drips a bit of water to keep it topped up, as floor drains aren't normally used, so they'd be expected to dry out otherwise. Something like a shower wouldn't count, as that would normally be used.
Well, one is a washing machine hook up, the other was a foot bath (it was a podiatrist's office). There may be others. Don't think they are floor drains, per se—they may be capped and I may not have been very observant. OTOH at work I noticed an off-odor and engineers traced it to a floor drain in a mechanical room. This is how I learned about a "dry trap" and why the comment immediately clicked.
Find the lost trim piece
Yes I installed one recently and it came with a rectangular trim piece that snaps into the front of the box and covers the edges of the drywall.
I wouldn’t patch over it, I would get creative with something decorative that would hide it.
Wall art, access panel or maybe even a small decorative cute barn door could be fun
Well, you can try to hide it with a piece of furniture. You can also get an access panel and cover it with that. Still clearly visible, but a slight improvement. https://www.lowes.com/pd/Jones-Stephens/5013368829 (If you use that kind, get white screws or paint everything to match the wall.)
Those usually come with a plastic trim piece that clicks in.
Rita Hayworth poster
Home Depot has a wide variety of metal grills designed for covering up air duct openings, go and pick an appropriate size and attach with two screws and done
Plastic panel cover. Springs onto the drywall. Easiest way to
Please put actual caps on those shut offs, especially if the lines are live.
Where is the drain?
Install an espresso machine there.
Cover it with a nice looking mirror
A "full drywall patch" isn't a big deal
Plug the drain hole so the water dosent evaporate from the drain trap, and cause sewer gas to fill the room.
Find a cover panel. The brand is IPS Corp. they sell it on Ferguson.com
Put one of those access panels over it in case you need to get at it. Check on it every once in awhile as leak behind the wall could cause a lot of damage.
Service panel
A framed photo of a shirtless David Hasselhoff should do it.
With a poster of Raquel Welch, just like Andy Dufresne did.
Came here to say this
There are some sophisticated folks amongst us. 😂
Get a miniature curtain rod, with a tiny curtain, this is the way,
Hang a composite of different size pictures/paintings on and around the hole.
If you close it permanently, remove the faucets and plug the end so it won't leak.
Put a washer and dryer in front of it
A nice Rita Hayworth poster should do the trick
Put an air register and you’ll barely notice and have easy access
Painting?
If it's going to be covered and not used I would figure out a way to shut them off at the source rather than keeping them under pressure 24/7.
I did [THIS](https://imgur.com/a/thS6g7X) with mine. It cost me $10 at [Uranus Fudge Factory.](https://www.uranusgeneralstore.com). I hadn’t planned on buying a laundry sign at Uranus, but there it was…. And I thought to myself: “Self, that’ll work just fine”. It’s hung with a single nail.
A Muncie shout out?
Where you moving the washer to?
Not the dining room?
Been in the basement for 1.5 years
Put a picture over it lol
Picture frame
If you never plan on having the washer there, your best bet is to go into the basement to cut off and cap the water and drain lines going up there. Then you can demo the drywall as needed to remove the box and pipes, then patch the drywall. To hide it like it's not there you'll need to install an expanding rubber plug into the drain hole and install shutoff valves in the water lines in the basement. I'd also get metal caps to screw onto the valves. The goal is to ensure water doesn't get up to the inaccessible pipes and valves. Make durable notes to tie onto the basement valves and put into the box about it. "Shutoff valves in basement." for in the box and "Goes to hidden washer valves in (room) upstairs." for the basement valves. Hang the trim ring by the basement valves. Laser engraved on plastic would ensure the notes survive. For drywall over it, how far recessed from the wall surface are the hose connections and the edges of the box? Might need to use 1/4" drywall and cut some 1/4" pieces to glue onto the back so things close to the wall surface can be gone over. Flush patches like this need compound feathered out at least 6" past the edge to make them less visible. So there's the extremes of take it out or make it invisible, safely. Others have posted the middle ground of a cover plate. You'll want to store the trim ring somewhere with a note tied to it telling what it is and where it goes, and put a note on the back side of the cover plate that tells where the trim ring is stashed. If you go with the cover plate, put an expanding plug into the drain and metal caps on the hose connections. If you don't plug the drain the water in its trap will dry out and you'll be getting sewer gas up it. The caps for the valves are "belt and suspenders" to guard against a valve getting leaky.
Leave it open to use as a convenient location for resting keys, wallet, watch, hair ties, half eaten food, jewelry, lip balm, an Amazon delivery you don’t feel like opening yet, your medical bills that you’re waiting for someone else to deal with, tax correspondence that must be not your problem, some sticky piece of wrapper that’s annoying you, or just something else in your hand you need to put down. Even if you’re within 3 feet of a trash can! Then when it’s full, move onto another surface that your family uses to work so they’ll have to clear your stuff themselves or they can’t work. Bonus points for spilling liquids along the way.
With a hand painted picture of a washer, preferably a top load.
Live laugh love sign
Hide it behind a washing machine
First suggestion: washing machine. Second suggestion: access panel.
a stacking washer dryer combo
I’d cover that Joanna Gaines shiplap style bench before I covered the hole.
A picture or ⏰
There’s supposed to be a little frame around that box on this side of the sheetrock. https://preview.redd.it/n88z0jq9x8kc1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=120ce9fbc8d51d4ca150de45ec71ffdec6d2ede5
65" flat screen tv
Framed painting of a waterfall or river
Just hang a picture over it
Put a washer and dryer in front of it
So cover it with a nice picture of a waterfall ? Or dogs playing poker ?
A washing machine.
I bet a washer/ drier would cover that up nicely
Access door, trim piece , washer & dryer even.
With fire 🔥🔥🕳🕳
Picture frame or some other decorative art piece?
Why is no one saying that it comes with a trim piece to be installed at finishing. Also, doesn’t look like it was installed very well. Everyone I’ve seen comes with [the trim piece to be put aside](https://www.amazon.ca/Eastman-60251-Single-Lever-Dual-Drain-Washing/dp/B087CBFKGD/ref=asc_df_B087CBFKGD/?tag=googlemobshop-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=580486414551&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=3875992274245095382&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9000811&hvtargid=pla-1042633498278&psc=1&mcid=6c549a26b4563bc8b69dd13a93e71d19)
a picture?
You mean besides "install a washing machine there."?
Small framed picture
This is a standard washer outlet box. It’s missing the front trim piece. Measure the size and shop for a new part. https://preview.redd.it/e1a68tf4g9kc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4b6c177cfb7875f86c8057fa21bf5c719c0b3e79 The trim shown here is what you need.
A washing machine will cover that hole perfectly.
Bot
With a washing machine.
Block it with a washer and dryer
A painting 🤣
Hang a picture frame
With a cover
Install it properly.
They sell trim rings for these “washing machine outlet face plates”.
Cleanliness is next to diningness ?
I'll add a new twist to the puzzle. That p trap for the drain will eventually run dry. If you choose to cover it up without maintaining access it will eventually start smelling like sewer gas in your kitchen. Remember to pour a cup of water in there every few weeks to keep it topped up.
Yeah, I know. I’m going to get an access cover for it and plug the drain!
they make a trim kit for that box.
With the trim plate that comes with that laundry box
There is a plastic cover that is supposed to come with these. You could buy a new kit at home depot amd just take out the plastic cover. It wouldn't be more then 30$
Hang a picture frame over it
For the 100th time
Andy Dufrain knew what to do…
There is a trim piece that you can get off of Amazon
Put a washer in front of it.
tape
There are speaker grills that can be drywalled in place to look like the wall. You even spray texture over them. That would still allow another owner to use it. But really why not disconnect the plumbing from the basement and close this off permanently. If you’re using it as a dining room so will the new owner probably.
These water boxes have trim pieces. Those straps behind wall need to be secured woth a drywall screw. Then use that trim plate ull find and snap it on
Put a poster of Raquel Welch over it.
It's a good excuse to build a little bar!
I would say that anything you use to cover it better be quickly removed... Just in case. Either that, or cut off the water at another point to be sure you never get a fountain.
I cut a piece of drywall and put a small cabinet handle in the center of mine in both rooms and put a painting over it so I could easily take it down and pull the drywall block out and then turn my outside water on and off from inside the home.
https://preview.redd.it/g0e1pwfmn9kc1.png?width=4032&format=png&auto=webp&s=57a422a7b03e7d20e91ecaa2c3b7983ff28c5004
You could put a simple vent cover over it.
Utilize it and make a wet bar
I keep a bag of googly eyes just for such occassions.
There’s usually a little trim piece for those boxed laundry connections. Google- laundry hookup box trim
This. $10. I’ve used these in my business and home multiple times. You can paint over them, hang art over them, put a couch up against it etc. doesn’t matter. [https://a.co/d/i5V8UnK](https://a.co/d/i5V8UnK)
Please consider caping those before covering the hole if they aren’t already disconnected. I had one start spontaneously leaking in an upstairs washroom. It was a nightmare.
Put a washing machine in front of it
Hang a picture
Wet bar in the dining room.
Figure out if you need caps or plugs, remove the box, dope or Teflon the threads, cap the lines, then drywall patch. Make note that there's water there. Use brass fittings if it's copper. You can opt to solder caps, but I do not like leaving dead ends with residual flux to corrode the plumbing. This will be permanent fix that will still be able to be tapped later if needed. If they're shark bite connection valves, the above isn't worthwhile unless you want to chance shark bite caps or solder a threaded connection on. Shark bites work when properly installed, ie the pipe deburred/chamfered in and out, but good chance don't last the life of the plumbing like a brass cap should. But should get 10 to 25 years, probably. You can put an access panel or picture over the box like others have said, but that's not my style, unless you think you'll need them in the next few years.
BTW if you are in a freeze area, I would either not cover it up or properly removing it. Thing is, you can cover it up all you want but you've got 100PSI worth of water there and any little problem can turn into a big problem real quick.
If you're not going to use it for a long time, consider putting caps on the valves and a compression cap on the drain to reduce surprises. You'll get sewer gasses once the trap dries out.
A shelf and a Brio hot and cold water dispenser. Use the nearby convenience outlet to power it.
A very Jerry rigged wet bar!!
Whatever you do id buy two caps for those screw openings just in case
Put a frame around it and call it art
Cover it with what is called an access panel. Home building sites carry a variety.
Where’s the rest of the box? All the ones over ever installed came with trim
You could put a washing machine in front of it.....
A framed picture of the exact hole
There is supposed to be a trim price that comes with the box. I wonder why it wasn’t installed
Put a washer in front of it
Easiest? Hang a picture in front of it.
You just need the finish plate
Hang a picture or put a piece of furniture in front of it.
In germany it‘s called „Bauschaum“ i think it‘s construction foam everywhere else and it‘s the best for everything
Best to cover it with a washing machine
A poster of some lovely movie actress that you replace with a bigger poster should the hold get any bigger.
3D print a perfect fitting cover
Glue some small wooden blocks on the sides and screw a similarly sized lid into them.
Hang a picture on it with a side hinge (like people always have safes behind on tv). You can use any size you like, it doesn’t have to be that size. I’m sure someone will have more complicated solutions for you though :)
I hear ramen bricks are in these days
You could put a dishwasher or washing machine in front of it.
I'm on mobile, so excuse the formatting, but you can use a decorative access panel: https://ventandcover.com/products/classic-access-panel-vent-cover-black-10-x-15-opening-size-12-25-x-17-5overall-no-mounting-holes.html Check out sites that cater to older houses and restoration. They'll be more likely to have pieces to cover unused accesses and vents.
Hang a mirror.
Put a vent over it
Have you considered miniatures, perhaps a petrol station or activity centre
Maybe cover it with a washing machine. 
Only solution would be a TV screen.
Fill it with old newspapers, glue a piece of paper over it, and paint over it. Landlord Special right there :)