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!
Find the perfect Carolina Designs Realty rental home.
Claim any of the seven bedrooms at Seabatical and it comes with its own private bath, across five levels linked by an elevator. Brand new construction offered by Carolina Designs, this semi-oceanfront Kill Devil Hills home at Milepost 6 pairs ocean...
An east-facing wall of windows frames the Atlantic from the great room at Sandcastle Waves, a 7-bedroom oceanfront home new to the Carolina Designs program for 2026. Gathering is easy here, and so is getting to the sand: beach access sits right...
Five king suites, each with a private bath and Atlantic views, anchor AMERICAN WAVES, an oceanfront Corolla escape from Carolina Designs. Add a 36 by 18 private pool with free pool heat, a hot tub, and a rec room, and this seven-bedroom home in...
A volleyball net awaits in the backyard at QUACK OF DAWN, a seven-bedroom Carolina Designs home in Duck's Sea Pines community. Six of the seven bedrooms claim a private bath, the beach access sits just 335 yards away, and a well-stocked kitchen...
A private home theater anchors the ground level at Barney, a six-bedroom semi-oceanfront escape in Southern Shores from Carolina Designs. An elevator travels all the way to the ocean, a hot tub on the rooftop deck overlooks the water, and the...
Set in Tuckahoe, an ocean-to-sound community in Duck with a tennis court and community pool, Wind Star is a six-bedroom oceanfront home from Carolina Designs with an elevator, a private pool, hot tub, and a private walkway to the dune-top deck...
3,300 square feet of Corolla living opens onto a ground-level rec room and media lounge, and climbs to a great room with ocean views. WISH GRANTED, a semi-oceanfront Carolina Designs home in Crown Point, sits on a large corner lot directly...
Ride the elevator from the pool deck to the ocean-view great room at OCEAN WAVES, a Carolina Designs oceanfront home in Duck where a den waits on every level. Four king bedrooms with private baths, a rec room, and a dune-top deck overlooking...
With a sand volleyball court in the yard and a complimentary EV charger in the driveway, The Cunningham answers a few requests you would not expect a beach house to cover. This six-bedroom Carolina Designs home in Corolla's Whalehead...
COASTAL INDULGENCE puts a rec room with kitchenette, a home theater, and a 30x16 private pool under one Nags Head roof, and Carolina Designs hands you the keys to all nine bedrooms, eight of them king suites with private baths. Oceanfront at...
Set 125 yards from a beach access in Section O of Ocean Sands, A Triple Delight is a six-bedroom Corolla home from Carolina Designs. An elevator serves all levels. Sun, fun, and ultimate relaxation... what can we say? That's A Triple Delight...
Summer Wind pairs oceanfront living in Duck with something few beach houses offer: full access to Schooner Ridge community amenities, including community pool access and tennis courts. This Carolina Designs home adds a screened porch, a lofted...
Pull up to a 42' x 18' private pool: A Wave From It All, a nine bedroom oceanfront home from Carolina Designs, gives South Nags Head groups a backyard built for entertaining, with a hot tub and a private walkway over the dune to the sand. ...
Sandy Chateau crowns its third floor with a lofted sports "tower," a late night gathering spot you will not find in many Outer Banks homes. This eight bedroom Carolina Designs home in Duck's Sea Pines also offers an elevator, a private pool...
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...
Room after room reveals unique architecture and thoughtfully chosen furnishings at Picturesque, a Carolina Designs seven-bedroom oceanfront home in the Pine Island community of Corolla. Sunrise over the Atlantic to the east, sunset over the...
Climb to the ship's watch for an unobstructed view of the Wright Brothers Monument rising over the dunes, then wander down to your own covered dune top gazebo and let the waves do the talking. Serenity, a Carolina Designs oceanfront home at...
Reimagined from the breezy flat-top architecture that defined Southern Shores in the 1950s, Wind And Surf is a four bedroom semi-oceanfront home from Carolina Designs where quartz countertops, custom carpentry in every room, and an elevator...
The Ocracoke Island Lighthouse may not be the most imposing of the Outer Banks lighthouses, but as North Carolina's oldest lighthouse in operation, (and the second oldest in the United States), it is certainly one of the most beloved. At just 65...
While the oceanfront of the Outer Banks gets plenty of morning glory, those in the know head soundside when sunset approaches. Located at Milepost 16 on the Roanoke Sound, The Soundside Event Site in Nags Head has transitioned from a wide-open...
Vacationers adore the Outer Banks for its unspoiled stretches of undeveloped shoreline, and some may not initially realize that this sporadic lack of development is completely intentional, and is the result of decades of careful environmental...
Covered outdoor living space wraps the ground level of Sol Mate, a 10-bedroom oceanfront home in Corolla from Carolina Designs, where a 36-foot saltwater pool, a hot tub, and an outdoor shower overlook the Atlantic. An elevator serves all three...
























