Carolina Designs Realty

Carolina Designs Realty

Plan your Outer Banks vacation with Carolina Designs!

Browse our inventory of 350+ select Outer Banks vacation rentals located in the towns of Corolla, Duck, Southern Shores, Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills, and Nags Head. Book online anytime, or reach out to our friendly reservationists seven days a week. With Carolina Designs, you can secure your vacation dates over a year in advance.

ABOUT OUR VACATION RENTALS

At Carolina Designs, we represent premier Outer Banks vacation rentals, including oceanfront, pet-friendly, and new construction options. Browse homes ranging in size from 4 to 30 bedrooms with guest-favorite amenities like private beach accesses, private pools, hot tubs, elevators, rec rooms, home theaters, and more. All of our rentals provide 100% keyless entry, freshly made beds, towel sets, and our signature welcome package of starter supplies.

ABOUT CAROLINA DESIGNS

Carolina Designs has been family-owned and operated on the Outer Banks since 1988, and we are consistently voted "Best of the Beach." Our focus on exceptional customer service sets us apart, and our experienced team of local reservationists, housekeeping professionals, maintenance technicians, and property managers stands behind every Outer Banks vacation booked with us. We look forward to hosting your next stay!

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Carolina Designs Realty Vacation Rentals

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SHORELY BLESSED

A multi-arcade machine anchors the ground-floor rec room at Shorely Blessed, a Carolina Designs eight-bedroom escape in Duck's Sea Pines community. An elevator serving every level and an EV charger in the carport round out a home built for easy...

  • Duck
  • 8 Bedrooms
  • 9 Bathrooms
MOON AND BACK

Moon and Back keeps the fun going in its ground-floor rec room, plugs your car in at a free EV charger, and heats its 28' x 12' private pool at no extra cost. This brand new Duck home from Carolina Designs, completed in April and ready for...

  • Duck
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 6.5 Bathrooms
ATLANTIC SUNRISE

Twenty bedrooms, 18 with private baths, fill four floors of ATLANTIC SUNRISE, a Carolina Designs oceanfront home at Milepost 8.5 in Kill Devil Hills. An elevator reaches every level, a theater anchors the ground floor, and one of two hot tubs...

  • Kill Devil Hills
  • 20 Bedrooms
  • 21.5 Bathrooms
SEA LIFE

With acres of undeveloped Army Corps of Engineers land stretching north from the dunes, Sea Life, a five-bedroom Duck home from Carolina Designs, has no neighbors to block the view from ocean to sound. Uninterrupted water views, a 32 x 14...

  • Duck
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 4 Bathrooms
MAKING MEMORIES

Ride the elevator straight to your floor, then step outside to decks that wrap around three sides of the house: MAKING MEMORIES makes a big group feel at home. New to Carolina Designs for 2026, this seven-bedroom semi-oceanfront Southern Shores...

  • Southern Shores
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 7.5 Bathrooms
BEACH VIBES

A private in-home theater and a rec room anchor the ground floor of Beach Vibes, a 6-bedroom Duck retreat from Carolina Designs where every bedroom has its own private bath. An elevator reaches all three levels, and an EV charger waits in the...

  • Duck
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 7 Bathrooms
THE BIRDIE

Climb the outdoor stairs to the Birdie Crows Nest, a ships watch crowning this oceanfront Southern Shores estate, and take in 360 degree panoramic views. Below, Carolina Designs presents THE BIRDIE: seven bedrooms, each with its own private...

  • Southern Shores
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 8 Bathrooms
SOMETHING SPECIAL

SOMETHING SPECIAL keeps its best trick outdoors: a 28 x 12 private pool and hot tub sit just steps from the sand at this oceanfront address. This Carolina Designs home in Duck also offers six large bedrooms with ocean views, spacious decks, and...

  • Duck
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 5.5 Bathrooms
EASTWICK

With a backyard volleyball area, a private pool, and an ocean view hot tub, Eastwick gives your crew something to do the moment the cars are unpacked. New to the Carolina Designs program for 2027, this five-bedroom Southern Shores oceanfront...

  • Southern Shores
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 6 Bathrooms
BREAKWATER

A home theater and a screened-in outdoor recreation room sit steps from the private pool at BREAKWATER, and that is only the start. Carolina Designs welcomes you to this 10-bedroom oceanfront Pine Island escape in Corolla, where two hot tubs, an...

  • Corolla
  • 10 Bedrooms
  • 9.5 Bathrooms
SEAVIEW

Claim any bedroom you like at SEAVIEW: all seven come with a private bath, so no one in your group negotiates for the shower. This Carolina Designs semi-oceanfront home in Southern Shores is one lot from the sand, with an elevator, a heated 32...

  • Southern Shores
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 8 Bathrooms
BLUE BREEZE

Six zones of Sonos sound, one of them poolside, set the tone at BLUE BREEZE, an oceanfront Nags Head home from Carolina Designs where a private theater with surround sound and a whole-house water filtration system round out a custom...

  • Nags Head
  • 8 Bedrooms
  • 8 Bathrooms
CROWDER'S RETREAT

Rack up a game in the rec room, then cool off in the backyard: CROWDER'S RETREAT is a Carolina Designs vacation rental in Duck Landing where a Nags Head style cottage with a wraparound deck pairs a 28 x 14 private pool and hot tub with a rec...

  • Duck
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 4.5 Bathrooms
HOOKED UP

7 bedrooms, 7 private baths: nobody at Hooked Up shares a shower. This semi-oceanfront Corolla home from Carolina Designs pairs that rare one-to-one layout with an elevator to all three levels, a 27-foot private pool with cabana bar, and easy...

  • Corolla
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 8 Bathrooms
OBX RE-DUCKS

When the sun slips below the dunes and the illuminated basketball hoop flicks on, the games keep right on going at OBX Re-Ducks, a seven-bedroom semi-oceanfront Carolina Designs home in the sought-after Pine Island community of Corolla. Poolside...

  • Corolla
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 5.5 Bathrooms
AGAINST THE WIND

6 bedrooms with 6 private baths means nobody in your group waits in line. Against The Wind is a brand new Southern Shores home from Carolina Designs, built by Finch & Company with interiors by Urban Cottage, and it pairs an elevator and a rec room...

  • Southern Shores
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 7 Bathrooms
OCEAN'S 88

Behind the dune line, Ocean's 88 raises the standard for oceanfront living in Southern Shores. This professionally decorated Carolina Designs home opens to million dollar ocean views, a covered hot tub, and a private pool. Four kings, a queen...

  • Southern Shores
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 4.5 Bathrooms
FAIRWINDS

Fairwinds comes with something few Outer Banks rentals can offer: discounted golf fees compliments of the homeowner. Carolina Designs guests find six bedrooms, a private pool, and lighthouse views from the wraparound decks. This traditional...

  • Corolla
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 4.5 Bathrooms
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Cape Hatteras National Seashore

Visitors to Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands will simultaneously be visiting the gorgeous Cape Hatteras National Seashore. One of the largest preserved parcels of the Outer Banks, the National Seashore stretches across 70 miles of shoreline...

Whalehead in Historic Corolla

The prestigious Whalehead in Historic Corolla has been a dominant attraction to Corolla visitors since it was renovated and opened to the public in 2002. As part of the Historic Corolla Park, the Whalehead in Historic Corolla serves as a northern...

Hatteras Inlet

The southernmost attraction on Hatteras Island is Hatteras Inlet, and fishermen, mariners, beachcombers, and island lovers all know this area of the Outer Banks shoreline very well. Located approximately half mile past the edge of the populated...

OCEAN STAR

A central elevator connects three levels of oceanfront living at Ocean Star in Duck. This eight-bedroom Carolina Designs estate in Sea Pines pairs eight private baths with a home theater, a rec room, and a 40-foot private pool. Sunrise views...

  • Duck
  • 8 Bedrooms
  • 9 Bathrooms