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

Find the perfect Carolina Designs Realty rental home.

FIRST VIEW

Four stories up, the crow's nest rooftop deck at First View delivers 360 degree views east toward the ocean and west toward the Currituck Sound. This six-bedroom Carolina Designs home in the Carolina Dunes community sits high on a dune just...

  • Duck
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 5.5 Bathrooms
DAYS LIKE THIS

Days Like This is a fully renovated five bedroom Carolina Designs home in Duck's Carolina Dunes. A 23 by 14 foot private pool and hot tub wait just outside, and the community beach access is 400 yards down the street. Overview Fully renovated...

  • Duck
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 4.5 Bathrooms
SURROUND SOUND

A private pier reaches into the sound at Surround Sound, a soundfront Carolina Designs vacation rental in Monteray Shores, Corolla, where water views from every level fill the days. Five bedrooms sleep the group, while a 28 by 14 private pool...

  • Corolla
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 6 Bathrooms
GRAND BAHAMA

Where each of eight bedrooms opens to its own private bath, GRAND BAHAMA gives every guest a suite to call their own. This Carolina Designs oceanfront estate at Milepost 16 in Nags Head layers tropical decor over panoramic Atlantic views, and...

  • Nags Head
  • 8 Bedrooms
  • 9 Bathrooms
HENNY PENNY

Cool off in the pool before you unpack the car: HENNY PENNY, a Carolina Designs seven-bedroom in Corolla Village, pairs an indoor rec room with a basketball hoop and a 32 x 16 private pool, and the beach is just 104 yards down a quiet...

  • Corolla
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 5 Bathrooms
SWEET CAROLINA

Swing open the doors of the enclosed gear room beneath Sweet Carolina and watch an automatic light reveal bikes, boogie boards, skim boards, beach chairs, cornhole, and fishing rods, all yours for the week. This 5-bedroom Duck home from...

  • Duck
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 4.5 Bathrooms
OCEAN ODYSSEY

Just steps from the Atlantic, OCEAN ODYSSEY is an 8 bedroom oceanfront home from Carolina Designs at Milepost 19 in Nags Head. A ground-level rec room, a 30 by 16 foot private pool, a hot tub, and a basketball hoop keep every generation...

  • Nags Head
  • 8 Bedrooms
  • 6 Bathrooms
BEACHCRAFT

Give every traveler a bedroom with a private bath: all five at Beachcraft, a Carolina Designs oceanfront cottage in Duck's Bayberry Bluffs, include en suite baths, even the two cheerful children's suites. Add in a half bath, a sheltered hot tub...

  • Duck
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 5.5 Bathrooms
SEAVIEW

Claim a bedroom with its own private bath, seven times over: SEAVIEW from Carolina Designs gives each of its seven bedrooms a full en suite bath, then adds an elevator, a media room, and a heated pool just one lot back from the Atlantic in...

  • Southern Shores
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 8 Bathrooms
OCEAN JOURNEY

Behind a private pool and a sand volleyball court in Duck Landing, OCEAN JOURNEY hands every one of its seven bedrooms a private bath, so no one in your group ever waits a turn. This Carolina Designs vacation rental in Duck also counts two half...

  • Duck
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 8 Bathrooms
CAROLINA WAVES

Tranquil lake views shimmer just beyond the decks at Carolina Waves, a custom-built, professionally decorated lakefront home in the Ocean Sands community of Corolla. Guests of this 2,500 square foot Carolina Designs rental soak up water views...

  • Corolla
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 5.5 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
FIN AND FEATHER

8 bedrooms, each with its own private bath, anchor Fin and Feather, a Carolina Designs semi-oceanfront retreat at Milepost 18 in South Nags Head, directly across the street from the Outer Banks Fishing Pier. Two rec rooms keep all ages...

  • Nags Head
  • 8 Bedrooms
  • 8.5 Bathrooms
SALTY BREEZES

At the end of a quiet street in Duck Ridge Shores, where the pavement gives way to sand, Salty Breezes puts the village of Duck within walking distance of your own oceanfront doorstep. This six-bedroom Carolina Designs home pairs a private dune...

  • Duck
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 7 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
WIND WATCH

Charge the car for free, ride the private elevator up, and settle into a brand-new Duck home where all four bedrooms have their own private bath. Wind Watch, from Carolina Designs, pairs a rec room with wet bar with a 24 x 14 private pool and...

  • Duck
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 5 Bathrooms
SEA WATCH

Sea Watch makes big-group logistics easy: this oceanfront Carolina Designs home just north of the village of Duck fills eight bedrooms, and it comes with an elevator, a home theater, and 11 TVs. Overview Ocean vistas and long beach...

  • Duck
  • 8 Bedrooms
  • 8.5 Bathrooms
THE CHEL-SEA

A dog crate, leashes, bowls, and toys wait by the door for your four-legged family members at The Chel-Sea, a Carolina Designs vacation rental in Duck where two dogs are welcome with a fee. Inside, a kid's area with a table for games and...

  • Duck
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 4.5 Bathrooms
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Outer Banks Seafood Festival
Oct 17

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...

Kite Point

Ask any crowd of visiting kiteboarders about Kite Point, and they'll readily give you exact directions to this unmarked but internationally renowned soundside beach. Located in between Avon and Buxton villages abutting the Pamlico Sound, Kite Point...

Bodie Island

Bodie Island tends to cause a lot of confusion, for both the pronunciation of its name as well as its precise location. This small strip of the Outer Banks doesn't get a lot of attention, and most North Carolina visitors simply pass through the area...

MORNING GLORY

Six bedrooms and easy beach access set the tone at Morning Glory, a semi-oceanfront Carolina Designs escape at Milepost 5 in Kitty Hawk, where private baths, a rec room, and ocean-view living space greet a large group. Across the street, a...

  • Kitty Hawk
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 5.5 Bathrooms