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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Sunlight stacks four levels of decks in Corolla's Whalehead neighborhood, and this nine-bedroom Carolina Designs home is brand new to the program for 2027. An elevator, three levels of interior living space totaling over 5,500 square feet, and an...
A private pier on the Currituck Sound comes stocked with a stand up paddle board at Starry, Starry Night, a soundfront Carolina Designs retreat in Duck. Add an elevator, a private pool, and a hot tub under starry coastal skies. This is...
L3 By The Sea gives all nine bedrooms a private bath of their own, a rare arrangement in a nine bedroom oceanfront home, and pairs it with an elevator reaching every level. This Carolina Designs home in Corolla's Ocean Sands hides a five-seat...
Behind a Parade of Homes award-winning facade inspired by the kasbahs of Marrakech, Casa Blanca rises over 7,000 square feet at the ocean's edge in prestigious Pine Island, Corolla. This Carolina Designs oceanfront retreat pairs 9 bedrooms and...
Carolina Surf gives all 22 bedrooms a private bathroom of their own, a rarity even among the largest homes in the Carolina Designs collection, and an elevator reaches all four levels of this oceanfront Kill Devil Hills home. Eighteen kings...
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...
KINDRED SPIRIT invites you to settle into an Adirondack chair and take in the fresh coastal breezes and the sound of the surf. This 6 bedroom Carolina Designs OBX vacation rental in Duck offers an elevator, a private pool and hot tub, a rec...
Sound of Tranquility, a Carolina Designs soundfront retreat in Corolla, centers on a 38'x18' infinity pool with swim-up bar stools and an in-pool hot tub that spills toward sunset views over the Currituck Sound. Inside this brand new eight...
Race the kids to the pool, then climb the exterior deck stairs straight to the top-floor ocean view without ever stepping inside. At Seaquester, a 5-bedroom oceanfront Carolina Designs home in Duck's quiet Sound Sea Village, every deck connects...
Perched on the highest elevation lot in the private, gated Four Seasons community, Duck Retreat is a six-bedroom Duck estate from Carolina Designs where a hand-painted glass elevator and a home theater set the tone. Ocean views, a 34' x 19...
A rec room and a theater set behind a half wall that opens to the pool table next door make Coastal LegaSea a rare find among Carolina Designs oceanfront rentals in Nags Head. Eight king beds, nine full baths, and an elevator reaching every...
Claim one of eight bedrooms, each with its own private bath, at Vacation Oasis, a Carolina Designs oceanfront home at Milepost 16 in Nags Head where an elevator reaches all three levels. Nine full baths and two half baths mean no waiting in...
A detached garage topped by its own guest suite is one of the surprises at THE WARD HOUSE, a six-bedroom Carolina Designs escape in Corolla where three daybeds and three trundles sleep six above the backyard. An elevator serves all three floors...
An elevator reaches all three levels of Salt and Sol, a brand new seven bedroom semi-oceanfront home from Carolina Designs at Milepost 2 in Kitty Hawk. Inside, five kings, a queen, and two twin bunks spread across seven bedrooms, four with...
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...
Ocean Breeze hides a pool table in its ground floor rec room, making this Carolina Designs home in Duck a rainy day headquarters as much as a beach house. Free pool heat, an elevator, and seven bedrooms round out the appeal, with Sea Pines...
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...
Just four lots from the oceanfront in Corolla's Ocean Sands, Wind Dance answers the classic beach house question with eight bathrooms for seven bedrooms, five of them private. This Carolina Designs vacation rental sits 62 yards from 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...
Most all visitors to Corolla will spend at least a sunny afternoon or two at the Historic Corolla Park. This 39 acre site is home to three of the Northern Outer Banks' biggest attractions, the Whalehead in Historic Corolla, the Currituck Beach...
Outer Banks vacationers may come for the gorgeous beaches, but often they come back again and again for the attractions and activities off the sand. Because of the Outer Banks' mixture of natural landscapes and historical attractions, one of the...
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...
























