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.
Whatever hides a six-seat cinema behind its front door: plush reclining seats and surround sound, just one reason this five-bedroom Corolla home from Carolina Designs stands apart. Add a recreation room, an elevator, and five private-bath...
Spread across an acre of oceanfront land at Milepost 8 in Kill Devil Hills, Open Ocean counts 27 bedrooms, each with its own private bath, inside nearly 15,000 square feet of living space. This Carolina Designs estate pairs that rare scale with a...
Walls of windows on the east and west ends of the great room frame the Atlantic sunrise on one side and Currituck Sound sunsets on the other at Both Sides Of The Sun, an oceanfront, 8-bedroom Pine Island estate from Carolina Designs. An...
Behind the doors of this oceanfront Whalehead estate, all eight bedrooms come with a private bath of their own, and a home theater room awaits downstairs. Sun Catcher, a Carolina Designs property in Corolla, also brings an elevator, an...
L3 By The Sea gives every one of its nine bedrooms a private bath, a rarity even among the oceanfront estates Carolina Designs represents in Corolla, NC. An elevator reaches all three levels, a mid-level queen suite offers a roll-in shower with...
6 of the 7 bedrooms in BACI DEL SOLE come with a private bath, and guests of this Carolina Designs semi-oceanfront home in Duck also receive exclusive K Club benefits from the homeowner, including discounted golf fees. Aptly named "Kisses of...
Gather everyone oceanfront at Milepost 10 in a home designed for large groups. THE CAROLINIAN, an eight-bedroom oceanfront estate from Carolina Designs, pairs a great room with endless ocean views with a 22' x 14' private pool, a hot tub, a...
With 24 bedrooms and 24 private baths spread across four oceanfront levels, Carolina Breeze redefines what a group getaway can be. This Carolina Designs estate in Kill Devil Hills offers more than 11,000 square feet of living space, an elevator...
Aquadisiac gives all 12 bedrooms their own private bath, and five of them open exclusively from covered decks, so guests get hotel-suite privacy under one oceanfront roof. Carolina Designs presents this Southern Shores flat top, where 11 king...
A ground floor recreation room anchors Sea Shell-ter, a Carolina Designs vacation rental in the Avalon Beach neighborhood of Kill Devil Hills where all four bedrooms come with private baths. Milepost 6 places you 208 yards from the nearest...
Behind the private pool of a Whalehead home, Moon Shine gives each of its twelve bedrooms a private bath. This Carolina Designs home in Corolla spans more than 7,700 square feet, with an elevator to every floor, a home theater, a recreation...
A wall of east-facing windows frames the Atlantic from the great room at Sandcastle Waves, a seven-bedroom oceanfront home in Corolla's Villages at Ocean Hill and new to the Carolina Designs program for 2026. A private pool, oceanview hot tub...
Down on the ground floor, past the pool table, a theater with tiered seating waits for movie night at Shore Pleasure, an oceanfront Corolla home from Carolina Designs where all six bedrooms have private baths. An elevator reaches every level...
Between beach volleyball matches in your own sand court and a free EV charger waiting in the driveway, THE CUNNINGHAM is built for a week of easy living. This six-bedroom Carolina Designs home on Whalehead Drive in Corolla sits 220 yards from...
Island Epiphany raises its 38-foot pool up to the first floor, so the Atlantic stays in view while you swim, a detail almost no other oceanfront home offers. Carolina Designs presents this 24-bedroom Kill Devil Hills oceanfront retreat at...
With inviting living spaces on every level, Wind Dance is built for the kind of big group that fills all seven bedrooms. This Corolla home from Carolina Designs pairs a fenced private pool and sheltered hot tub with a ground floor rec room and...
A private home theater with tiered reclining seats awaits at Go The Distance, a Carolina Designs oceanfront estate in Corolla's exclusive Pine Island Reserve. Sink into the seats for movie night, then head downstairs to the private pool, where...
ATLANTIC OVERLOOK pairs a 20 x 35 private pool with a hot tub on the dune deck, just steps from the sand. This 12-bedroom oceanfront estate from Carolina Designs also counts a rec room with pool table, shuffleboard, and foosball, plus a lighted...
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...
Spring and fall visitors will notice the popularity of kiteboarding on the Outer Banks the moment they ride down a stretch of soundfront highway. In the off-season months, it's not unusual to spot dozens if not hundreds of multi-colored kites lining...
Here is a list of some of our favorite beach toys for kiddos. We gravitate to unique, high-quality toys that inspire creativity. Some of these toys are classics, and some add a twist.
La Ventana is a semi-oceanfront Duck home from Carolina Designs with an elevator serving every level, a private 22 x 14 pool, hot tub, theater room, and rec room. Beach access sits steps away. Overview Your "window" to a wonderful...
























