At least in the email templates and the print templates, if you add this: [[LineItem.InputsAndModifiers]]
... to the 'repeating section',
<tr>
<td align=left valign=top>[[LineItem.Quantity]]</td>
<td align=left valign=top>[[Product.Sku]]</td>
<td align=left valign=top>[[Product.ProductName]]<br />[[LineItem.InputsAndModifiers]]<br />[[LineItem.ShippingStatus]]</td>
<td align=right valign=top>[[LineItem.AdjustedPrice]]</td>
</tr>
It'll look like this in emails and print:
[table cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=5 width="100%" border=0]
[tr ][td ]
Qty[/td][td ]
SKU[/td][td ]
Product Name[/td][td align=right]
Unit Price[/td][/tr][tr ][td colSpan=4]<HR>
[/td][/tr][tr ][td vAlign=top align=left]1[/td][td vAlign=top align=left]MAS742R[/td][td vAlign=top align=left]Edison Recessed Medicine Cabinet
<UL class=inputsandmodifiers>
<LI>Wall
opening height: 24 3/4
<LI>Wall
opening width: 14
<LI>Wall
opening depth: 4 1/2
<LI>Door orientation: Hinge on LEFT, knob or right
<LI>Shelf style: Wood
<LI>Door style: Beveled mirror + $95.00
<LI>Hinge finish: Nickel plated
* Wood/Finish: Oak, Naked
</UL>
Unshipped[/td][td vAlign=top align=right]$590.95[/td][/tr][tr ][td colSpan=4]
<HR>
[/td][/tr][/table]
The variants (choices) are shown as I named them for display on the product page. The "24 3/4", etc., are customer's text inputs.
Mine looks like this for the time being (haven't had time to really make this look good yet), and the code is plenty sloppy, but it works.
Orders veiwed in the admin's "Order Manager" should show you everything including choices/modifiers OOTB. I don't remember doing anything to this area...