The 1996 closure of the Mare Island Naval Shipyard eradicated ... TheTinyLife.com last year drew 2,600 responses from Americans living in very small houses. Lots of impediments keep the small ...

living small A couple wanted to build a house on a sloped lot in Washington ... a house that steps lightly on the earth, on Decatur Island, for Kas Kinkead and Marty Babcock.

Really, you could just call it a prefab home and you'd be accurate, however the firm describes it as a tiny house and it does indeed take a lot of stylistic cues from the small living movement.

Lazarus Island is 5 miles from mainland ... And perhaps because I come from land-scarce Singapore, where small spaces are the norm, living in a tiny house didn't feel particularly novel.

The township consists of more than a dozen islands ... as well as newer houses with attached garages. There also are condominiums and apartments, providing a range of living options.