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

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KINDRED SPIRIT

A recreation room, a media room, and a private pool set KINDRED SPIRIT apart. This six-bedroom Carolina Designs home in Sea Pines pairs an elevator, private pool, and hot tub with abundant sun decks on every level. Beach access is a 550-yard...

  • Duck
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 5.5 Bathrooms
ISLAND EPIPHANY

Island Epiphany raises its 38 x 20 private pool up to first floor level so the Atlantic stays in view while you swim, a detail almost no other oceanfront home offers. This Kill Devil Hills home from Carolina Designs pairs that pool with 24...

  • Kill Devil Hills
  • 24 Bedrooms
  • 23.5 Bathrooms
PEACEFUL BREEZE

5 parking spaces, a basketball hoop, and discounted golf fees make PEACEFUL BREEZE, a Carolina Designs home in Duck's Sea Acres community, an easy pick for families who travel with gear and tee times. A 32 x 16 private pool and hot tub wait off...

  • Duck
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 4.5 Bathrooms
BELLTIDE

A recreation room with two large flatscreen TVs anchors the ground floor of BellTide, a nine-bedroom oceanfront home from Carolina Designs near Milepost 12.5 in Nags Head. Every bedroom has its own private bath, and an elevator carries you and...

  • Nags Head
  • 9 Bedrooms
  • 10 Bathrooms
BEACHCRAFT

Claim your own private bath with every one of the five bedrooms at Beachcraft, an oceanfront Duck cottage from Carolina Designs where two king suites open directly onto a covered deck with a sheltered hot tub for all-weather soaking. Generous...

  • Duck
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 5.5 Bathrooms
SANDCASTLE WAVES

A wide open top floor anchors Sandcastle Waves, a 7 bedroom oceanfront home new to the Carolina Designs program for 2026. Wide east-facing decks, a private pool, and an oceanview hot tub complete the picture, with beach access right next to the...

  • Corolla
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 5.5 Bathrooms
PEBBLE BEACH

Ride the elevator to all three ocean-view levels of this Carolina Designs retreat in Duck, where a fenced pool area waits just outside the ground level. Seven bedrooms, six kings, and a tiered-seating theater complete this Sea Hawk oceanfront...

  • Duck
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 8 Bathrooms
THE SPACE BETWEEN

Claim a private bath with every one of seven bedrooms at The Space Between, a Carolina Designs vacation rental in Duck perched between the Currituck Sound and the Atlantic, where an elevator and 4,500 square feet of living space open to sunrise...

  • Duck
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 7.5 Bathrooms
BEACH THERAPY

Between games in the recreation room and sunset soaks in the hot tub, Beach Therapy keeps every floor within easy reach thanks to the home's elevator. This oceanfront Carolina Designs home in Section E of Ocean Sands, Corolla, offers five...

  • Corolla
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 4.5 Bathrooms
SUNLIGHT

Sunlight stacks four levels of decks above a large backyard in Corolla's Whalehead neighborhood, and it arrives new to the Carolina Designs program for 2027. Inside, three levels and more than 5,500 square feet hold nine bedrooms, an elevator...

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

L3 By The Sea gives each of its nine bedrooms a private bath, seven of them anchored by king beds, in a three-level oceanfront escape offered by Carolina Designs in Corolla. An elevator serves every floor, a private home theater seats five in...

  • Corolla
  • 9 Bedrooms
  • 10 Bathrooms
SONG OF THE SEA

Song of the Sea hands guests a perk few Outer Banks rentals can: discounted golf fees compliments of the homeowner. Add an oceanfront address in Duck's Wild Duck Dunes, and this five-bedroom Carolina Designs home delivers sunrise views and the...

  • Duck
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 4.5 Bathrooms
PLOVER PLACE

Under the shade of a poolside cabana with its own Smart TV, the day slows down at PLOVER PLACE, a semi-oceanfront Carolina Designs retreat at Milepost 6.5 in Kill Devil Hills. Five bedrooms, an elevator, a recreation room, and a private pool...

  • Kill Devil Hills
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 4.5 Bathrooms
OBX RE-DUCKS

Long after sunset, the illuminated basketball hoop at OBX Re-Ducks keeps the game going, one of many reasons this seven-bedroom Carolina Designs vacation home in Corolla's Pine Island community stays lively from morning to midnight. Ping-pong waits...

  • Corolla
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 5.5 Bathrooms
DREAM BIG

Stacked along the entire east side of the home, the decks at Dream Big are all linked by exterior stairs, so you can climb from the pool deck to the top-floor ocean views without stepping inside. This six-bedroom Duck oceanfront home from...

  • Duck
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 6 Bathrooms
SUMMER MOON

With a private bathroom attached to every one of its 12 bedrooms, Summer Moon erases the biggest puzzle of a big-group vacation before anyone unpacks. This oceanfront Whalehead estate, offered by Carolina Designs, backs up that layout with an...

  • Corolla
  • 12 Bedrooms
  • 14.5 Bathrooms
THE SANDLOT

Before the first bag hits the floor, guests at THE SANDLOT, a Carolina Designs vacation rental in Duck's Duck Landing community, learn that pool heat is free every season on the 28-foot saltwater pool, with a poolside hot tub, a volleyball...

  • Duck
  • 8 Bedrooms
  • 8 Bathrooms
WHALEHEAD SUNRISE

A private walkway drops you right onto the sand at Whalehead Sunrise, a seven-bedroom oceanfront Carolina Designs home in Corolla. Ten TVs, a recreation room, and sunrise views from the second floor loft mean nobody has to compete for space or...

  • Corolla
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 6 Bathrooms
Outer Banks Map
Carova Corolla Duck Southern Shores Kitty Hawk Kill Devil Hills Manteo Nags Head Wanchese Rodanthe Waves Salvo Avon Buxton Frisco Hatteras Ocracoke
Lighthouse 5K Series
Aug 26

August 26, 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 Boating Guide

The Outer Banks is comprised of more water than land, as the fragile strips of terrain that make up these North Carolina barrier islands are bordered on all sides by deep blue major bodies of water.

Currituck National Wildlife Refuge

It's easy to see why vacationers fall in love with Carova. Located almost literally off the Outer Banks map, while other towns along the barrier islands of North Carolina grew and developed over the decades and became popular East Coast tourism...

AGAINST THE WIND

6 bedrooms, 6 private baths, and an elevator set Against the Wind apart, a brand new Southern Shores home from Carolina Designs built by Finch & Company with interiors by Urban Cottage. The beach access is 135 yards away, and a 32' x 14...

  • Southern Shores
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 7 Bathrooms