Mine is more of a "how efficiently can I use this space between the houses" design. I still need to do a brick work pathway and redo the brick around the outside area. The sheltered section is awesome though, and no snow gets in the area in the winter. It's great for storing lawn furniture and garden stuff out of sight.
The feature design item is the sliding door with the secondary door for lawnmower egress. Thought and engineered that beauty up all on my own! I've got a cool rod system that locks with the key code(which is why it is sideways).
The siding matches my garage, and this years project(baring siding price through the roof) is to repaint the stucco, then match the garage siding where the crap vinyl is.