Luxury Boutique Cottages

Hotel and Event Center

East Tawas, Michigan

Lake Life Cottages is an all-new, upscale, lakefront, year-round luxury boutique hotel featuring fifteen beautiful cottages available for nightly rental, an event center perfect for elegant events, and a private, elevated beach with water access and a spectacular view. Located directly on the shore of Tawas Bay and walking distance from East Tawas shops and dining, Lake Life Cottages offers the perfect combination of relaxation, luxury, and convenience.

Our cottages feel like a home away from home, each with a full-kitchen, beautiful decor, luxury appointments, and a beautiful view of the bay. And our event center, The Beach Barn™, is the perfect, picturesque, water-front venue for weddings, reunions, charity events, and more.

Cottages can be reserved for events year-round or independent of events during our regular season of May through October along with select holidays. For event reservations, visit The Beach Barn Web Site.

Our Cottages

Available for nightly rental, our luxury boutique cottages are a level-up, each uniquely decorated, each with a beautiful Great Lakes view, and each with a stylish, modern, all-electric kitchen, living-room, separate bedroom, luxury bathroom, and dedicated central air conditioning.

Every cottage offers the luxury of bespoke decor, quality furniture, the comfort of queen-sized beds with memory foam, complete with luxury bedding, plus spacious bathrooms with tiled showers, complete with luxury bath linens.

Each cottage also includes a large, flat-screen TV, dishes, silverware, cookware, Keurig coffee maker, and free, fast Wi-Fi.

Our Event Venue

The Beach Barn at Lake Life Cottages™ is a tastefully and elegantly decorated venue for events ranging from business meetings to weddings and receptions, engagement parties, family reunions, birthday parties, and baby or bridal showers.

  • Indoor seating for 100 guests with premium tables and chairs supplied

  • Outdoor lighted patio for evening cocktail hour and dancing

  • Private beach area for wedding ceremonies and events

  • Kitchen area with a large commercial refrigerator and available ice machine

  • Frame 75” TV for presentations

  • Approximately 2200 sq. ft. indoors

Our Concept

We love Tawas Bay, the twin cities of East Tawas and Tawas City, the beaches, shops, restaurants, the ice cream stores, parks, boating facilities, the lighthouse, and everything nearby.

We found this beautiful, waterfront property and knew it would be a great way to share Tawas. So we decided to create a venue where each guest has a place that feels like home. Lake Life Cottages: we’ve taken the old school motel concept and reinvented it for today’s traveller.

What People Are Saying

  • “Our weekend stay was great! We loved the lake view from our window and comfy chairs just outside the front door. Everyone was friendly. We cooked all our meals and the kitchen has all we needed. Had a nice walk to the pier and into town, and easy access for a swim just down the stairs at the sea wall. Great place to stay on Lake Huron!”

    — Ann B.

  • “Lake Life Cottages is a beautiful property! Brand new everything. They thought of it all!! The beds are amazingly comfortable! The fire pits & beach area is a perfect location to enjoy the views of Lake Huron. Totally enjoyed our weekend stay.”

    — Sandi D.

  • “Wow! What a weekend. My wife and I decided to stay at the Cottages with a few friends over Memorial Day weekend and the cottages did not disappoint. The decor, furnishing and views of the lake are beautiful. I can't think of anything they have left out.”

    — Robert C.

  • “We had an absolutely wonderful stay, everything was perfect. The staff and owners couldn't have been nicer. We will definitely return to stay again. Nicest place that we have ever stayed, very clean and decorated beautifully."

    — Denise L.

  • “Lake Life Cottages is a huge boost to the lodgings along Lake Huron. Beautiful cottages right on the water, with great amenities and furnishings in a private yet easy to find setting. Relaxing at the cottages, meeting other guests by the fire pits, and enjoying the best looking cottages in the area is the best.”

    — Curt M.

  • “It is fabulous! I love having all of the amenities of home in our private cottage while right here on the lake! I literally only needed to bring clothes, food, and beverages because the cottage is beautifully stocked with everything! We are close to town and enjoy walking and finding treasures in the shops. There are definitely some lovely restaurants for dining out, too!”

    — Stacie C.

  • “When we saw the pictures online, we were amazed, but were even more impressed in person. The cottages are beautiful, spacious, comfy, and have everything we needed. The setting is beautiful with spectacular lake views, just a short walk to town for shopping and dining, and a short drive all over the scenic sunrise side.”

    — Barbara S.

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