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.

RAINBOW CONNECTION

Over a mile of uninterrupted, rolling dunes unfolds north of Rainbow Connection, a Carolina Designs vacation home perched on a high dune in Duck's Sandy Ridge community. Bordering Army Corps of Engineers land, the view sweeps from ocean to...

  • Duck
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 2.5 Bathrooms
SEA SHELL-TER

Four bedrooms, four private baths, and two additional half baths give every guest at Sea Shell-ter room to spread out in this cheerful Carolina Designs home in Kill Devil Hills. A pool table anchors the rec room, while the private pool and hot...

  • Kill Devil Hills
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 5 Bathrooms
ATLANTIC SUNRISE

Twenty bedrooms, 18 with private baths, fill four floors of ATLANTIC SUNRISE, a Carolina Designs oceanfront home at Milepost 8.5 in Kill Devil Hills. An elevator reaches every level, a theater anchors the ground floor, and one of two hot tubs...

  • Kill Devil Hills
  • 20 Bedrooms
  • 21.5 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
OCEANS 18

Oceans 18 spreads 18 bedrooms, 16 full baths, and a private pool across an oceanfront setting in Kill Devil Hills, and it welcomes special events. Reserved through Carolina Designs, this Milepost 7.5 landmark pairs an elevator, home theater...

  • Kill Devil Hills
  • 18 Bedrooms
  • 17.5 Bathrooms
FOUR SEASONS RETREAT

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...

  • Duck
  • 8 Bedrooms
  • 7.5 Bathrooms
FLYING SOUTH

A sand volleyball area and basketball hoop flank the 34-by-17-foot private pool at Flying South, a Carolina Designs eight-bedroom retreat in Duck's Duck Landing community, 267 yards from the beach access. A hot tub sits alongside the pool, and...

  • Duck
  • 8 Bedrooms
  • 7 Bathrooms
TANARAMA II

The old Tanarama Hotel once stood on this stretch of sand at Milepost 6, and its address now belongs to Tanarama II, a four-bedroom oceanfront home from Carolina Designs. An elevator carries guests and luggage between levels, while a rec room...

  • Kill Devil Hills
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 6 Bathrooms
SALTY SURFER

At Salty Surfer, six oceanfront bedrooms sit just steps from the beach behind the dunes. Bright sunshine, sweet salt air, and the gentle sound of crashing waves set the tone for serene oceanside living in the Village at Nags Head, while coastal...

  • Nags Head
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 4.5 Bathrooms
BAREFEET RETREAT

Eleven flatscreen TVs and a ground-floor rec room signal that Barefeet Retreat was built for the big group vacation. This Carolina Designs oceanfront home at Milepost 16.5 in Nags Head pairs nine bedrooms with a 30 x 14 private pool and an...

  • Nags Head
  • 9 Bedrooms
  • 6.5 Bathrooms
HEART OF THE SUNRISE

Just off the pool deck at Milepost 11.5 in Nags Head, Heart of the Sunrise offers something rare among Carolina Designs oceanfront homes: an elevator and eight bedrooms that each claim a private bath. Nine full baths and a half bath keep...

  • Nags Head
  • 8 Bedrooms
  • 9.5 Bathrooms
BIG KAHUNA

10 TVs, a recreation room, and complimentary K Club golf perks set the tone at Big Kahuna, a Carolina Designs oceanfront escape at Milepost 10.5 in Nags Head. Eight bedrooms, seven full baths, and an elevator serving every level make gathering...

  • Nags Head
  • 8 Bedrooms
  • 7.5 Bathrooms
KOKOMO 7

Six tiered theater seats face a 75" flatscreen in the private home cinema at KOKOMO 7, a Carolina Designs oceanfront retreat in Corolla where a pool table, a 40 x 20 private pool, and elevator to all three levels keep seven bedrooms of family...

  • Corolla
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 7.5 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
OFF THE HOOK

Off The Hook devotes a private, custom-tiled bath to every one of its twelve bedrooms, and this Carolina Designs home only gets better from there: a home theater, a recreation room, and a cabana beside the private pool. It sits semi-oceanfront...

  • Corolla
  • 12 Bedrooms
  • 13 Bathrooms
BLUE HEAVEN RENDEZVOUS

Rack the balls on the ground level pool table, flip the topper for a ping-pong rematch, and you have just scratched the surface of Blue Heaven Rendezvous. This six bedroom oceanfront home from Carolina Designs sits in Section O of Ocean Sands...

  • Corolla
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 5.5 Bathrooms
SAND AND SURF

Catch a movie in the home theater at Sand and Surf, a Carolina Designs oceanfront estate in Nags Head where all eight bedrooms have their own private bath. This 6,300 square foot home spreads a cinema and a recreation room across its levels...

  • Nags Head
  • 8 Bedrooms
  • 9 Bathrooms
THE BIRDIE

Climb the outdoor stairs to the Birdie Crows Nest, a ships watch crowning this oceanfront Southern Shores estate, and take in 360 degree panoramic views. Below, Carolina Designs presents THE BIRDIE: seven bedrooms, each with its own private...

  • Southern Shores
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 8 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...

Currituck Banks Reserve

Vacationers adore the Outer Banks for its unspoiled stretches of undeveloped shoreline, and some may not initially realize that this sporadic lack of development is completely intentional, and is the result of decades of careful environmental...

Ocracoke Harbor

The Ocracoke Harbor is easily the busiest quarter mile stretch of Ocracoke Island. Consisting of a small, lagoon-like section of saltwater, and lined by a semi-circle of docks, restaurants, shops, marinas and motels, visitors will find that any and...

BELLTIDE

Skee-ball, Golden Tee, and a wet bar fill the ground-floor "barcade" at BellTide, a 9-bedroom oceanfront home from Carolina Designs near Milepost 12.5 in Nags Head. Every bedroom claims its own private bath, an elevator serves the upper floors...

  • Nags Head
  • 9 Bedrooms
  • 10 Bathrooms