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.

WHATEVER

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...

  • Corolla
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 6 Bathrooms
OPEN OCEAN

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...

  • Kill Devil Hills
  • 27 Bedrooms
  • 28 Bathrooms
BOTH SIDES OF THE SUN

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...

  • Corolla
  • 8 Bedrooms
  • 8 Bathrooms
SUN CATCHER

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...

  • Corolla
  • 8 Bedrooms
  • 9 Bathrooms
L3 BY THE SEA

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...

  • Corolla
  • 9 Bedrooms
  • 10 Bathrooms
BACI DEL SOLE

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...

  • Duck
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 7.5 Bathrooms
THE CAROLINIAN

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...

  • Nags Head
  • 8 Bedrooms
  • 8.5 Bathrooms
CAROLINA BREEZE

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...

  • Kill Devil Hills
  • 24 Bedrooms
  • 25 Bathrooms
AQUADISIAC

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...

  • Southern Shores
  • 12 Bedrooms
  • 13.5 Bathrooms
SEA SHELL-TER

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...

  • Kill Devil Hills
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 5 Bathrooms
MOON SHINE

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...

  • Corolla
  • 12 Bedrooms
  • 13 Bathrooms
SANDCASTLE WAVES

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...

  • Corolla
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 5.5 Bathrooms
SHORE PLEASURE

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...

  • Corolla
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 6.5 Bathrooms
THE CUNNINGHAM

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...

  • Corolla
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 5.5 Bathrooms
ISLAND EPIPHANY

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...

  • Kill Devil Hills
  • 24 Bedrooms
  • 23.5 Bathrooms
WIND DANCE

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...

  • Corolla
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 7 Bathrooms
GO THE DISTANCE

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...

  • Corolla
  • 10 Bedrooms
  • 13 Bathrooms
ATLANTIC OVERLOOK

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...

  • Corolla
  • 12 Bedrooms
  • 12 Bathrooms
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Lighthouse 5K Series
Sep 2

September 2, 2026

(+ more dates)

Lace up your running shoes and see the sights. Add the fun of a run and fitness to your vacation joining us for a Summer morning 5k run/walk through the Historic Village of Corolla Light. Enjoy the sights of the Northern Outer Banks. The WhaleHead...

Outer Banks Ferry System

Decades ago, one of the only ways to access some of the most secluded areas of the Outer Banks was via a ferry, and this tradition carries on today for thousands if not millions of visitors who want to travel to some of coastal North Carolina's most...

Currituck Maritime Museum

Take a day trip or an afternoon off the beach to explore the heart of Historic Corolla Park, and you’ll find one of the Outer Banks’ newest and most noteworthy attractions, the Currituck Maritime Museum.

VILLA MARGARITA

Spike a volleyball in your own backyard sand court, then cool off in the 30 by 14 private pool at Villa Margarita, a six-bedroom Carolina Designs vacation home in Duck's Schooner Ridge. Just three houses from the ocean and 131 yards to the...

  • Duck
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 6 Bathrooms