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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Heads Carolina hides a true home theater behind its genteel Southern exterior, one of the more unexpected finds in the Carolina Designs collection. Add eight bedrooms, each with a private bath, an elevator serving every level, and a rec room...
Break for the corner pocket in the ground-floor rec room, then step straight out to the pool: A House With No Name, a seven-bedroom Carolina Designs home in Duck Landing, pairs a 32 x 16 private pool and hot tub with community pool access and a...
Eight king beds, nine full baths, and an exercise room hint at the scale of THE TIPSY TURTLE, a brand new oceanfront Carolina Designs vacation rental in Nags Head. Over 4,900 square feet of interior space holds nine bedrooms, a home theater...
EVERYBODY DUCK crowns a high dune three lots from the Atlantic, where a private pool, a hot tub, and a volleyball area anchor the backyard. This eight-bedroom Carolina Designs home in Duck catches sunrises over the ocean and sunsets over the...
Aqua Duck answers the age-old vacation question of who gets which bathroom: all six bedrooms are private suites with their own full baths. This Carolina Designs home in Duck Landing pairs ocean to sound views with a newly renovated rec room...
The Lightship gives every one of its nine bedrooms a private bath of its own, eight of them with king beds, so no one in your group has to share or compromise. This oceanfront Carolina Designs home at Milepost 10 in Nags Head also holds an...
Rack up game time in the recreation room, then screen a movie in the media room at Stairway To Heaven, a five-bedroom oceanfront home in Duck from Carolina Designs. The ground-level rec room opens to a covered patio, a 30 x 16 private pool, and...
Step outside to a sandy volleyball area and basketball hoop at PINE ISLAND TIME, a semi-oceanfront Carolina Designs home on a quiet Corolla cul-de-sac. Five bedrooms, an elevator, a private pool, and a hot tub complete this Pine Island retreat...
A ground-floor rec room with a large flat screen TV anchors SHORELY BLESSED, a Carolina Designs 8-bedroom retreat in Duck's Sea Pines community. An elevator and seven bedrooms with private baths make this home practical for multi-family stays...
Settle in for a game in the downstairs rec room, then take the elevator up to a wall of ocean picture windows: Windswept is a Carolina Designs oceanfront home in Duck with two rec rooms, a media den, and seven of its eight bedrooms holding...
Cook for a crowd in a kitchen built with two of everything: two refrigerators, two dishwashers, two ovens, two microwaves, and two dual sinks. THE CAROLINIAN, a Carolina Designs oceanfront estate at Milepost 10 in Nags Head, pairs that...
Cape Sol pairs an elevator, an onsite EV charger, and a ground-floor king suite with a wide door frame and a shower with a grab bar, thoughtful touches that make this oceanfront Duck home from Carolina Designs unusually easy for everyone to...
Claim your seat in the tiered, cinema-style home theater at ENDLESS SUMMER, a 9-bedroom oceanfront escape from Carolina Designs in Southern Shores. Just steps away, the rec room waits for friendly competition, while an elevator reaches every...
With twelve bedrooms and twelve private baths spread across three levels, plus two half baths, Moon Shine is a Carolina Designs vacation home in Corolla built for large groups that still value privacy. An elevator reaches every floor, a home...
Behind a circular driveway on beautifully maintained oceanfront grounds in Duck, FOUR SEASONS RETREAT unfolds across an unusual L-shaped floor plan: more than 6,000 square feet of professionally decorated living space from Carolina Designs...
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...
The Quarterdeck offers a hot tub for soaking away the salt and sand after a long day in the Atlantic surf. This seven-bedroom Carolina Designs home in Corolla's Pine Island subdivision also offers an EV charger, a 34-foot private pool, and...
30 feet of private pool, with pool heat included at no extra charge, anchors the backyard at Seahawk, a five-bedroom Carolina Designs home tucked into the quiet Sea Hawk community in Duck. Add a hot tub, a volleyball area, an EV charger in the...
October 17, 2026
The Outer Banks Seafood Festival is rapidly becoming one of the highlights of the fall season, with plenty of fresh seafood, storytelling, and activities to keep everyone fully entertained. This all-day event takes place at the waterfront Event Site...
The Outer Banks is known for its breathtaking sunsets. Watching sunsets is a popular activity for both locals and visitors, and there are plenty of photogenic sunset spots to create special memories. Here are the top places to watch a sunset on the...
The Wright Brothers National Memorial is a "Must See" attraction for any Outer Banks aviation enthusiast, history lover, and virtually any Kill Devil Hills vacationer who wants an up-close look at the towering granite structure that towers over the...
Cape Sol pairs an elevator, an onsite EV charger, and a ground-floor king suite with a wide door frame and a shower with a grab bar, thoughtful touches that make this oceanfront Duck home from Carolina Designs unusually easy for everyone to...























