A small, two-story Balboa Island home ... Completed in 1924, the house sits on a 1,050-square-foot lot just steps from the sand and one block from the village center on Marine Avenue.

living small A couple wanted to build a house on a sloped lot in Washington ... which they moored to a dock after buying an undeveloped lot on Decatur Island, Wash., in 2006.

The marble in the island is repeated on the gas fireplace surround in the family area. The second floor has three bedrooms and a small ... of the house next door subdivided his land and sold ...

The next challenge was how to create a functional home with lots of privacy on the small ... foot-long island, which includes an induction cooktop and an eating area. Throughout the house ...