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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HEADS CAROLINA

Heads Carolina hides a true home theater behind its genteel Southern exterior, one of the more unexpected finds in the Carolina Designs collection. Add eight bedrooms, each with a private bath, an elevator serving every level, and a rec room...

  • Corolla
  • 8 Bedrooms
  • 9.5 Bathrooms
DOWN BY THE SEA

Rack the regulation-size pool table, then take the rivalry down the hall to a room devoted entirely to foosball: DOWN BY THE SEA, a Carolina Designs oceanfront home at Milepost 15.5 in Nags Head, gives eight bedrooms and an elevator room to...

  • Nags Head
  • 8 Bedrooms
  • 7 Bathrooms
ATLANTIC OVERLOOK

Atlantic Overlook is a 12-bedroom oceanfront home in Corolla, one of the standouts among Carolina Designs oceanfront rentals. This home offers a private pool, a hot tub, a rec room, a media room, and an oceanfront location just steps from the...

  • Corolla
  • 12 Bedrooms
  • 12 Bathrooms
ROYAL PALM PARADISE I

Tucked beside the private pool, a cabana sets Royal Palm Paradise I apart, and that is only the beginning at this Carolina Designs semi-oceanfront retreat in Duck. Elevated for panoramic ocean views, the six-suite home also holds a home...

  • Duck
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 8 Bathrooms
GREAT EXPECTATIONS

A home theater, a recreation room with a pool table and sports bar, and a 28 x 14 private pool set the tone at Great Expectations, a Carolina Designs oceanfront estate in Duck where an elevator connects all three levels. Eight bedroom suites...

  • Duck
  • 8 Bedrooms
  • 10 Bathrooms
TIEMPO SERA

Set at the end of a private street in southern Ocean Sands, Tiempo Sera is a Carolina Designs oceanfront home where vaulted ceilings and walls of windows turn every wave and passing ship into part of the view. This four-bedroom Corolla cottage...

  • Corolla
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 4.5 Bathrooms
HAPPY DUCK

With an onsite EV charger waiting in the driveway and a Sunday check-in that lets you skip Saturday changeover traffic, Happy Duck starts your Outer Banks week the easy way. This seven-bedroom Carolina Designs home in Duck Landing puts six...

  • Duck
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 7.5 Bathrooms
SANDCASTLE WAVES

An east-facing wall of windows frames the Atlantic from the great room at Sandcastle Waves, a 7-bedroom oceanfront home new to the Carolina Designs program for 2026. Gathering is easy here, and so is getting to the sand: beach access sits right...

  • Corolla
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 5.5 Bathrooms
CLUB PARADISE

Club Paradise keeps the fun close at hand with a ground-floor rec room and wet bar just steps from the pool deck. Carolina Designs guests also find an elevator in this oceanfront Kill Devil Hills home at Milepost 6. Four kings all have private...

  • Kill Devil Hills
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 5.5 Bathrooms
A PLACE IN THE SUN

7 TVs and a basketball hoop set the tone at A Place in the Sun, a six-bedroom Carolina Designs retreat on the quiet streets of Bayberry Bluffs in Duck. This oceanside escape sits equidistant between the award-winning Duck beaches and the...

  • Duck
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 4 Bathrooms
COSTA AZUL

COSTA AZUL offers families a rare measure of ease at the water's edge. This eight-bedroom oceanfront Nags Head home from Carolina Designs pairs six king beds with a 29-foot private pool, a hot tub, and a rec room built for rainy-day...

  • Nags Head
  • 8 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
OBX RE-DUCKS

When the sun slips below the dunes and the illuminated basketball hoop flicks on, the games keep right on going at OBX Re-Ducks, a seven-bedroom semi-oceanfront Carolina Designs home in the sought-after Pine Island community of Corolla. Poolside...

  • Corolla
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 5.5 Bathrooms
BLUE BREEZE

Six zones of Sonos sound, one of them poolside, set the tone at BLUE BREEZE, an oceanfront Nags Head home from Carolina Designs where a private theater with surround sound and a whole-house water filtration system round out a custom...

  • Nags Head
  • 8 Bedrooms
  • 8 Bathrooms
OCEANS 18

Oceans 18 spreads 18 bedrooms, 16 full baths, and a private pool across an oceanfront setting in Kill Devil Hills, and it welcomes special events. Reserved through Carolina Designs, this Milepost 7.5 landmark pairs an elevator, home theater...

  • Kill Devil Hills
  • 18 Bedrooms
  • 17.5 Bathrooms
STAY ANCHORED

A private home theater sets the scene indoors at STAY ANCHORED, an 8-bedroom oceanfront retreat from Carolina Designs at Milepost 20.5 in South Nags Head. A ramp to the front entrance and pool area and an elevator reaching all three levels make...

  • Nags Head
  • 8 Bedrooms
  • 9 Bathrooms
THE CHEL-SEA

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...

  • Duck
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 4.5 Bathrooms
CASUAL ELEGANCE

A private home theater sets the stage for movie night at CASUAL ELEGANCE, a seven bedroom Carolina Designs retreat in Southern Shores. Downstairs, a recreation room keeps the fun rolling, while the private pool, hot tub, and ocean view decks...

  • Southern Shores
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 6.5 Bathrooms
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The Soundside Park and Boardwalk

While the oceanfront of the Outer Banks gets plenty of morning glory, those in the know head soundside when sunset approaches. Located at Milepost 16 on the Roanoke Sound, The Soundside Event Site in Nags Head has transitioned from a wide-open...

Hatteras Inlet

The southernmost attraction on Hatteras Island is Hatteras Inlet, and fishermen, mariners, beachcombers, and island lovers all know this area of the Outer Banks shoreline very well. Located approximately half mile past the edge of the populated...

Old Lighthouse Beach

Avid Outer Banks Surfers and sightseers alike are familiar with Old Lighthouse Beach, a stretch of sand in the heart of Buxton that was once the sight of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. Convenient and renowned for its good shelling and great waves...

YELLOWTAIL

A glass-paned lift door rolls up between the ground-floor rec room and the poolside lounge at YELLOWTAIL, a Carolina Designs oceanfront home in Southern Shores where indoor and outdoor living blur together. Shoot pool with the salt breeze at...

  • Southern Shores
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 6.5 Bathrooms