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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VILLA MARGARITA

Spike a serve in your own sand volleyball court, then cool off in the 30 x 14 private pool at Villa Margarita, a six bedroom Carolina Designs vacation home in Duck's Schooner Ridge. Just 131 yards from the beach access, this cottage pairs...

  • Duck
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 6 Bathrooms
SEACLUSION

Down a private beach walkway to a dune-top deck, the sunrise over the Atlantic arrives first at Seaclusion, a Carolina Designs oceanfront retreat in Corolla's Whalehead community. Twelve bedrooms, eleven with king beds, are split between a main...

  • Corolla
  • 12 Bedrooms
  • 13 Bathrooms
MY SUNSHINE

Three levels reached by private elevator set MY SUNSHINE apart, along with a ground-floor bedroom suite with a private bath. This Carolina Designs oceanfront retreat at Milepost 10 in Nags Head pairs easy access with five bedrooms, a 22 by 11...

  • Nags Head
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 5.5 Bathrooms
SEAQUESTER

Race the kids to the pool, then climb the exterior deck stairs straight to the top-floor ocean view without ever stepping inside. At Seaquester, a 5-bedroom oceanfront Carolina Designs home in Duck's quiet Sound Sea Village, every deck connects...

  • Duck
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 4.5 Bathrooms
FAIRWINDS

Fairwinds comes with something few Outer Banks rentals can offer: discounted golf fees compliments of the homeowner. Carolina Designs guests find six bedrooms, a private pool, and lighthouse views from the wraparound decks. This traditional...

  • Corolla
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 4.5 Bathrooms
SERENDIPITY

A pool table, a private pool, and a hot tub wait just off the deck in Olde Duck Beach at Serendipity, a 6-bedroom Carolina Designs home. Four king suites, a 28-foot private pool, and 100 yards to beach access make this six-bedroom Duck escape...

  • Duck
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 6.5 Bathrooms
THE GARDENIA HOUSE

A home theater anchors the entertainment level of The Gardenia House, a 12-bedroom oceanfront estate at Milepost 8 in Kill Devil Hills offered by Carolina Designs. Add a recreation room, an elevator, and a 38-by-16-foot private pool, and you...

  • Kill Devil Hills
  • 12 Bedrooms
  • 13 Bathrooms
SONG OF THE SEA

SONG OF THE SEA hands guests a perk few Outer Banks homes can match: compliments of the homeowner, this Carolina Designs oceanfront escape in Duck includes discounted golf fees. Five bedrooms, four full baths, and sweeping Atlantic views handle...

  • Duck
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 4.5 Bathrooms
GO THE DISTANCE

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...

  • Corolla
  • 10 Bedrooms
  • 13 Bathrooms
CAROLINA SURF

Carolina Surf gives all 22 bedrooms a private bathroom of their own, a rarity even among the largest homes in the Carolina Designs collection, and an elevator reaches all four levels of this oceanfront Kill Devil Hills home. Eighteen kings...

  • Kill Devil Hills
  • 22 Bedrooms
  • 23 Bathrooms
BIRDSEYE

3 king suites, each with a private bath, and an elevator reaching every level make Birdseye a rare Carolina Designs find in Southern Shores. This custom crafted, semi-oceanfront home sits across the street from a beach access, so the sand is a...

  • Southern Shores
  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 4.5 Bathrooms
THE SANDMAN

6 bedrooms, 6 private baths: at THE SANDMAN, nobody in your group has to share. This Nags Head oceanfront home from Carolina Designs also counts two half baths, a central elevator reaching every level, and a ground floor rec room. ...

  • Nags Head
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 7 Bathrooms
WHALEHEAD SUNRISE

Between the pool deck and the private beach walkway, there is room for the whole group to spread out at Whalehead Sunrise, a seven-bedroom oceanfront home from Carolina Designs. Sunrise over the Atlantic, a private pool and hot tub below, and a...

  • Corolla
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 6 Bathrooms
650
650

Two 2019 Outer Banks Parade of Homes awards, the People's Choice Award and the Judges' Award of Excellence, went to Mancuso Development for the custom design and build of "650", a 7-bedroom Corolla home from Carolina Designs where an elevator and a...

  • Corolla
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 6.5 Bathrooms
MAKING MEMORIES

Ride the elevator straight to your floor, then step outside to decks that wrap around three sides of the house: MAKING MEMORIES makes a big group feel at home. New to Carolina Designs for 2026, this seven-bedroom semi-oceanfront Southern Shores...

  • Southern Shores
  • 7 Bedrooms
  • 7.5 Bathrooms
THE BEACH HOUSE

5 bedrooms, 5 private baths: at THE BEACH HOUSE, a Carolina Designs oceanfront retreat in Southern Shores, no one shares a bathroom. An elevator carries guests and gear between levels, a pool table anchors the rec room with its kitchenette, and...

  • Southern Shores
  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 6 Bathrooms
PAX ET BONUM

Two community pools, one oceanfront and one indoors, plus tennis and an exercise area come with every stay at Pax et Bonum, a 3,700 square foot Carolina Designs vacation rental in the Schooner Ridge subdivision of Duck. Add a private 32 x 14...

  • Duck
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 6 Bathrooms
THE WARD HOUSE

The top level of the detached garage at The Ward House opens into a private suite that sleeps eight, with three daybeds, three twin trundles, and a queen murphy bed, one of several surprises waiting at this six-bedroom Carolina Designs home in...

  • Corolla
  • 6 Bedrooms
  • 7 Bathrooms
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Currituck Banks Reserve

Vacationers adore the Outer Banks for its unspoiled stretches of undeveloped shoreline, and some may not initially realize that this sporadic lack of development is completely intentional, and is the result of decades of careful environmental...

Coquina Beach

Located just south of Nags Head, Coquina Beach is a refreshingly undeveloped stretch of shoreline that's close to the central Outer Banks towns of Kill Devil Hills, Nags Head, and Kitty Hawk, but feels like it's miles away.

Haulover Day Use Area (Canadian Hole)

Canadian Hole may be an unfamiliar term to the typical, laid-back Hatteras Islander vacationer, but to windsurfers around the world, the phrase invokes thoughts of an exact, postcard-perfect locale on the Outer Banks, where windsurfing and water...

SEA CASTLE

Dim the lights in the tiered-seating home theater, then roll back the accordion wall to the pool table waiting on the other side. SEA CASTLE, a nine bedroom oceanfront escape from Carolina Designs at Milepost 10 in Nags Head, pairs eight king...

  • Nags Head
  • 9 Bedrooms
  • 10 Bathrooms