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.
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...
Seven bedrooms, seven private baths, and five levels linked by an elevator make HIPNAUTIC a rare find among Carolina Designs vacation rentals in Kill Devil Hills. Brand new construction ready for 2026, this semi-oceanfront retreat at Milepost 6...
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...
Dim the lights, claim a seat in the tiered home theater, and let the big screen and surround sound take over movie night at Pebble Beach, a Carolina Designs oceanfront home in Duck. Six of the seven bedrooms are king suites with private baths...
Serve up a morning pickleball match on the community courts, then tee off with discounted green fees nearby. Duck-n-Sea, a six bedroom Carolina Designs retreat in Duck Landing, pairs those rare extras with a 32 by 16 private pool, hot tub, and...
SALTY SUMMERS hands every one of its eight bedrooms a private bath, a rarity even among Outer Banks estates, then adds a home theater, an elevator, and free pool heat. This Carolina Designs home in Ocean Hill sits 214 yards from beach access at...
Rising new above the Nags Head oceanfront for summer 2027, ShipShape from Carolina Designs pairs nine bedrooms with nine private baths, an elevator serving all three levels, a private in-home theater, and a recreation room. Outside, a 26 x 14...
13 TVs, a home theater, and a recreation room fill COROLLABUNGA with things to do, and Carolina Designs is welcoming this oceanfront Corolla home into the program for 2026. Nine bedrooms, seven with private baths, an elevator, a 26-foot private...
Plug in at the EV charging station, then settle into the home theater for a movie with your travel companions. ABSOLUTE ELEGANCE, a ten-bedroom oceanfront estate from Carolina Designs, pairs these rare extras with sweeping Atlantic views in...
Climb the steps to your own dune-top gazebo, where built-in seating and elevated Atlantic views wait just beyond the pool fence at Splish Splash, a six-bedroom oceanfront home in Nags Head from Carolina Designs. A private walkway drops you onto...
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...
Call the whole crew to dinner at Seaside Serenity, a seven-bedroom oceanfront escape from Carolina Designs at Milepost 7.5 in Kill Devil Hills. An elevator reaches every level, and a covered dune-top gazebo plus a new open dune deck with...
Beach Therapy pairs a private elevator with a ground-level rec lounge. This five-bedroom oceanfront home in Corolla's Ocean Sands community, offered by Carolina Designs, also welcomes up to two dogs and opens to a private pool and hot tub. ...
6 bedrooms with 6 private baths means nobody in your group waits in line. Against The Wind is a brand new Southern Shores home from Carolina Designs, built by Finch & Company with interiors by Urban Cottage, and it pairs an elevator and a rec room...
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...
A home theater, a recreation room, and a poolside cabana only begin the story at GO THE DISTANCE, a Carolina Designs oceanfront estate in the exclusive Pine Island Reserve community of Corolla. Ten bedrooms, each with a private bath, spread...
Seacret Getaway is a rare find in the Carolina Designs collection: a flattop custom-built in 2022, tucked beneath mature live oaks just four homes from the east end of a quiet dead-end street in Southern Shores. Friday check-in lets you skip...
Spread across an acre of oceanfront land at Milepost 8 in Kill Devil Hills, OPEN OCEAN delivers something almost unheard of on the Outer Banks: 27 bedrooms, each with its own private bath, inside nearly 15,000 square feet of living space. This...
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...
The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, with its black and white candy-cane stripes, is one of the most famous and recognizable lighthouses in the world. Protecting one of the most treacherous stretches of the Outer Banks, with a beam of light that spans 20...
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...
Spend an evening in the recreation room, settle in for a movie in the home theater, then step out to the oceanfront pool: Edgewater View, a Carolina Designs oceanfront estate in Pine Island, Corolla, NC, gives all ten bedrooms a private bath...
























