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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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...
Sea Watch delivers everything a big group needs on the Duck oceanfront. This eight-bedroom home from Carolina Designs brings an elevator, a home theater with projection TV, and a recreation room, all just a few steps from the sand. Outside, a...
Between rainy day movies in the ground floor rec room and sunset views from the wide decks, there is plenty to fill a week at Egret's Landing, a seven bedroom oceanfront home from Carolina Designs in Corolla's Whalehead community. Ocean vistas...
Claim one of five king bedrooms at ATLANTIC BREEZE, a Carolina Designs oceanfront home in Corolla where seven bedrooms, six full baths, and two half baths give everyone room to spread out. Gather with the group in the rec room, then soak in the...
A glass-paned lift door rolls up between the ground-floor rec room and the poolside lounge at YELLOWTAIL, a Carolina Designs oceanfront home in Southern Shores where indoor and outdoor living blur together. Shoot pool with the salt breeze at...
Piping Plover is a four-bedroom Carolina Designs vacation rental in Duck with just as much space to gather outside as there is inside. A 32 x 25 private pool anchors the outdoor space, and the Carolina Dunes community beach access sits 340...
A rec room, a theater, and a poolside cabana set THE TIPSY TURTLE apart. This nine-bedroom Nags Head home from Carolina Designs combines over 4,900 square feet of indoor living with a 30 x 16 private pool, a sheltered hot tub, and a private...
Poolside under the cabana, where a Smart TV turns an afternoon swim into an all day hangout, Plover Place reveals what sets it apart. This semi-oceanfront Carolina Designs home at Milepost 6.5 in Kill Devil Hills pairs a private pool with a hot...
A seventh bedroom with its own full bath and media area gives Two Buoys a private king suite, a rare bonus among Carolina Designs homes in Duck. Down below, a 33 x 16 private pool, hot tub, and fully fenced backyard anchor this seven-bedroom...
A ground-floor recreation room anchors the fun at Ten Tan Toes, a five-bedroom Carolina Designs home in Section O of Ocean Sands, Corolla. Add a private pool, hot tub, EV charger, and a beach access just 176 yards away, and every day has a...
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...
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...
With an onsite EV charger waiting in the driveway and a Sunday check-in that lets you skip Saturday changeover traffic, Happy Duck starts your Outer Banks week the easy way. This seven-bedroom Carolina Designs home in Duck Landing puts six...
2057 N VIRGINIA DARE TRAIL earned the "People's Choice Award" in the Outer Banks Parade of Homes, and Carolina Designs guests discover why on arrival: this oceanfront Kill Devil Hills retreat pairs an amazing setting with views of the ocean and...
119 inches of cinema screen, eight tiered reclining seats, and an elevator hint at the scale of Bella, a Carolina Designs signature home in Duck. This Tuscan-inspired retreat sits high on an oceanside dune in the Sea Pines community, with six...
Six zones of Sonos sound, one of them poolside, set the tone at BLUE BREEZE, an oceanfront Nags Head home from Carolina Designs where a private theater with surround sound and a whole-house water filtration system round out a custom...
SOMETHING SPECIAL keeps its best trick outdoors: a 28 x 12 private pool and hot tub sit just steps from the sand at this oceanfront address. This Carolina Designs home in Duck also offers six large bedrooms with ocean views, spacious decks, and...
Claim one of eight king bedrooms behind private bath doors at Dune Our Thing, a Carolina Designs oceanfront estate in Corolla's Whalehead neighborhood. Ten bedrooms, nine with private baths, an elevator, and an onsite EV charger set this Outer...
Stand-Up Paddle Boarding (SUP) may be considered one of the Outer Bank's newest crazes to hit the water, but the sport itself is actually centuries old, originating in the Hawaiian and Polynesian Islands as an easy-going mode of transportation from...
The Bodie Island Lighthouse, (pronounced "Body") is located just south of the town of Nags Head and Whalebone Junction, where Highway 158, Highway 64, and NC Highway 12 intersect. Visitors travelling towards Hatteras Island can't help but notice the...
Beach canopies and umbrellas create shade, lower ambient temperatures and block UV rays on hot, sunny Summer days. Sitting under the canopy of a quality beach umbrella can make the difference between comfort and sweltering. When choosing an...
Just north of Jennette's Pier at Milepost 16, Summer Oasis rises above the sand as a Parade of Homes award-winning oceanfront home in the Carolina Designs collection. Every one of the eight bedrooms claims its own private bath, and a custom 20...
























