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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FISH TALES

Fish Tales pairs 12 bedrooms with six kings, three queens, and three double bunks, a rare feat even among the largest homes in the Carolina Designs collection. This oceanfront Nags Head retreat at Milepost 19.5 adds an elevator, a rec room, and...

  • Nags Head
  • 12 Bedrooms
  • 10 Bathrooms
AS YOU WISH

As You Wish hides a recreation room on the first floor, with a surround-sound theater waiting next door. Carolina Designs invites you into this 7-bedroom oceanfront home in Southern Shores, where an elevator climbs to a top floor wall of...

  • Southern Shores
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 7 Bathrooms
POINTE EAST

POINTE EAST removes the stairs from a big beach vacation: an elevator reaches all three levels of this 8 bedroom oceanfront home at Milepost 19 in South Nags Head, and an oceanfront king bedroom on the first floor has a bathroom equipped for...

  • Nags Head
  • 8 Bedrooms
  • 6.5 Bathrooms
ABRACADABRA

Behind each of the ten bedroom doors at ABRACADABRA, a Carolina Designs home in the Whalehead neighborhood of Corolla, you will find a private bath. Nine king suites, an elevator, a 16 x 30 foot private pool with hot tub, and a recreation room...

  • Corolla
  • 10 Bedrooms
  • 11 Bathrooms
TIDE TOGETHER

At TIDE TOGETHER, a 6-bedroom semi-oceanfront Carolina Designs home in Corolla's Ocean Sands, the rec room and the backyard function as one big gathering space, complete with a private pool and a hot tub. Overview Situated on a larger...

  • Corolla
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 5.5 Bathrooms
BLUE WAHOO

A tiered-seating home theater and a sports bar rec room with pool table anchor the ground floor of BLUE WAHOO, a nearly 8,000 square foot oceanfront estate at Milepost 8 in Kill Devil Hills. This Carolina Designs vacation rental sleeps large groups...

  • Kill Devil Hills
  • 12 Bedrooms
  • 13 Bathrooms
FOUR LEAF PLOVER

Rack up an evening in the ground-floor recreation room of Four Leaf Plover, a six-bedroom Duck estate from Carolina Designs where every bedroom has its own private bath. An elevator glides between levels, and a poolside cabana sits beside the...

  • Duck
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 8 Bathrooms
PARADISE PALMS

Splash into a 28 x 14 private pool with free pool heat: PARADISE PALMS, a Carolina Designs eight bedroom retreat in Corolla's Whalehead community, pairs a cabana and hot tub with beach access just 389 yards away, plus shops and dining...

  • Corolla
  • 8 Bedrooms
  • 6 Bathrooms
A WAVE FROM IT ALL

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. ...

  • Nags Head
  • 9 Bedrooms
  • 11 Bathrooms
SUMMER WIND

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...

  • Duck
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 3.5 Bathrooms
BLUE BEACON RETREAT

Claim one of eight king suites, each with a private bath, at Blue Beacon Retreat, a Carolina Designs oceanfront home in Corolla where all 10 bedrooms have private baths: 10 full and 2 half in total. An elevator links three levels of upscale...

  • Corolla
  • 10 Bedrooms
  • 11 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
TIRAMISU TOO

The 30 x 10 private pool, hot tub, and ground-floor recreation lounge keep every generation content, and the beach is 287 yards away. Guests also enjoy access to the private Ocean Lakes Swim & Tennis Club, plus tennis courts in Ocean Sands...

  • Corolla
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 6 Bathrooms
COASTAL INDULGENCE

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...

  • Nags Head
  • 9 Bedrooms
  • 10 Bathrooms
BEACH PALACE

With an elevator serving every level, Beach Palace redefines what a 13-bedroom oceanfront estate can be. This Carolina Designs retreat in Kill Devil Hills pairs a poolside cabana with a home theater, a 34-foot private pool, and views of both...

  • Kill Devil Hills
  • 13 Bedrooms
  • 13.5 Bathrooms
SEACRET GETAWAY

Seacret Getaway is a rare find in the Carolina Designs collection: a flattop custom-built in 2022, tucked beneath mature live oaks just four homes from the east end of a quiet dead-end street in Southern Shores. Friday check-in lets you skip...

  • Southern Shores
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 3.5 Bathrooms
THE WARD HOUSE

The top level of the detached garage at The Ward House opens into a private suite that sleeps eight, with three daybeds, three twin trundles, and a queen murphy bed, one of several surprises waiting at this six-bedroom Carolina Designs home in...

  • Corolla
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 7 Bathrooms
SUN TERRA

Sun Terra wraps its custom pool area around a swim-up bar and a hot tub built right into the water, a combination few Carolina Designs homes can claim. This twelve bedroom oceanfront estate in Corolla adds a 25 by 50 foot pool, an elevator...

  • Corolla
  • 12 Bedrooms
  • 12 Bathrooms
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The 7 Best Beach Chairs 2026

You’ve made the drive, gathered the family, packed the cooler with lunches and drinks, and you’re heading out onto the sand on a bright Summer day. You unfold your beach chair and SNAP, it breaks, or bends, or the rotting fabric rips. It...

Outer Banks Museums

The Outer Banks is rich in history, from the early explorers who first set foot on its shores 400 years ago to the groundbreaking first flight that launched modern aviation. Every community has a story and a resonant heritage, and as a result, the...

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...

SEAPHORIA

Hand every guest their own private bath: all 12 bedrooms at SEAPHORIA, a Carolina Designs semi-oceanfront home in Kill Devil Hills, come with one, backed by 13 full baths, 2 half baths, and 11 king beds. An elevator reaches all four levels, an...

  • Kill Devil Hills
  • 12 Bedrooms
  • 14 Bathrooms