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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BELLA PLAYA

An elevator serving all three floors and an onsite EV charger set BELLA PLAYA apart from the typical Corolla beach house, and Carolina Designs pairs those conveniences with a saltwater private pool, wet deck, and hot tub just 80 yards from the...

  • Corolla
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 5.5 Bathrooms
SEA N SEA

Twelve bedrooms, each with a private custom tiled bath, anchor Sea N Sea, a 7,600-square-foot estate in the Whalehead neighborhood of Corolla. This semi-oceanfront Carolina Designs home puts an elevator, a theater room, a rec room and a 34-foot...

  • Corolla
  • 12 Bedrooms
  • 13 Bathrooms
WILD GOOSE

Settle in for movie night in the home theater, then take your pick of ten bedrooms that each come with a private bath. Wild Goose, a 10-bedroom Carolina Designs estate in the Whalehead community of Corolla, backs that rare one-bath-per-bedroom...

  • Corolla
  • 10 Bedrooms
  • 11 Bathrooms
BREAKWATER

A home theater and a screened-in outdoor recreation room sit steps from the private pool at BREAKWATER, and that is only the start. Carolina Designs welcomes you to this 10-bedroom oceanfront Pine Island escape in Corolla, where two hot tubs, an...

  • Corolla
  • 10 Bedrooms
  • 9.5 Bathrooms
OCEAN MIST

139 yards from the beach access in Duck's Schooner Ridge, OCEAN MIST climbs to a rooftop deck ships watch where ocean views open over the live oaks. This 4-bedroom Carolina Designs home also hides a loft, plus wrap-around decks and access to...

  • Duck
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 3 Bathrooms
SPLISH SPLASH

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...

  • Nags Head
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 4 Bathrooms
CAPE SOL

Cape Sol pairs an elevator, an onsite EV charger, and a ground-floor king suite with a wide door frame and a shower with a grab bar, thoughtful touches that make this oceanfront Duck home from Carolina Designs unusually easy for everyone to...

  • Duck
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 7.5 Bathrooms
THE CUNNINGHAM

With a sand volleyball court in the yard and a complimentary EV charger in the driveway, The Cunningham answers a few requests you would not expect a beach house to cover. This six-bedroom Carolina Designs home in Corolla's Whalehead...

  • Corolla
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 5.5 Bathrooms
SHORELY BLESSED

A multi-arcade machine anchors the ground-floor rec room at Shorely Blessed, a Carolina Designs eight-bedroom escape in Duck's Sea Pines community. An elevator serving every level and an EV charger in the carport round out a home built for easy...

  • Duck
  • 8 Bedrooms
  • 9 Bathrooms
SUNNY DAYZ

Two hot tubs bubble away at Sunny Dayz: one on the oceanview sun deck, one poolside so no one misses the pool party. Add a tiered home theater, a rec room with a pool table and sports bar, an elevator, and 10 bedrooms with 8 private baths, and...

  • Corolla
  • 10 Bedrooms
  • 10 Bathrooms
CAROLINA SUNSET

An onsite EV charger and a 30 x 15 private pool set CAROLINA SUNSET apart from the usual beach house. Carolina Designs welcomes you to this six bedroom oceanfront estate in Corolla's exclusive Pine Island community, where arching windows frame...

  • Corolla
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 6.5 Bathrooms
BEARING SOUTH

A ship's watch tucked above the great room comes furnished with a table and chairs for puzzles, children's games, and late-night card tournaments, one of many quiet corners in BEARING SOUTH, a five-bedroom oceanfront cottage from Carolina...

  • Duck
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 3.5 Bathrooms
SEAERA

Step into a home where every one of the eight bedrooms comes with its own private bath: at SeaEra, a Carolina Designs oceanfront escape in Corolla, nobody negotiates for shower time. An elevator carries luggage and beach gear across three...

  • Corolla
  • 8 Bedrooms
  • 9 Bathrooms
OCEAN JOURNEY

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...

  • Duck
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 8 Bathrooms
PINCH ME

Wake to sunrises over the Atlantic and close the day with sunsets over the Currituck Sound at PINCH ME, a Carolina Designs oceanfront home on Pine Island in Corolla. This 6-bedroom retreat also delivers a private pool and hot tub, decks on each...

  • Corolla
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 5.5 Bathrooms
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
WISH GRANTED

3,300 square feet of Corolla living opens onto a ground-level rec room and media lounge, and climbs to a great room with ocean views. WISH GRANTED, a semi-oceanfront Carolina Designs home in Crown Point, sits on a large corner lot directly...

  • Corolla
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 5.5 Bathrooms
SOUTHERN COMFORT

SOUTHERN COMFORT, a 5-bedroom Duck home from Carolina Designs, sits on the quiet side roads of Sea Pines and pairs an elevator with a 35-foot private pool, a rec room, and five well-appointed bedrooms. Overview Welcome to Southern...

  • Duck
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 4.5 Bathrooms
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The 7 Best Fishing & Beach Carts for 2026

For families travelling to the beach, or fishermen carrying tackle/coolers, a beach cart can be the best purchase of your vacation. These carts feature extra-wide wheels to move across soft sand, even when loaded. Carts are often built for specific...

Sandy Run Park

Sandy Run Park leads its visitors through the heart of Kitty Hawk Woods Coastal Preserve, one of the largest maritime forests remaining in North Carolina. Completed in two phases, the park now encompasses 1600 acres of marshland, waterways and...

Sailing the Outer Banks

Vacationers will notice a handful of sailboats at every local Outer Banks port, either saddled up to the docks or breezing across the harbor, en route to the nearest sound for a cruise, or to the continent-spanning Intracoastal Waterway to continue...

HIPNAUTIC

Seven bedrooms, each with a private bath, spread across five levels linked by an elevator: HIPNAUTIC is a brand new semi-oceanfront home from Carolina Designs at Milepost 6 in Kill Devil Hills. Eight full baths, two half baths, a 30 by 13 private...

  • Kill Devil Hills
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 9 Bathrooms