Southfork Mansion Layout

[Herofan]

I recently saw a few minutes of season 10, and I noticed there were opened doors in the living room that I don’t recall from earlier seasons. There were two doors on the long wall and one at the end near the bar that showed other rooms. Were the inside of these rooms ever shown on camera or referred to at all? I know there was once a a room I’d call a den in earlier seasons, but they stopped showing it in the early seasons.
I assumed the room was down the hall, which would put it connecting their living room, but from what little is seen of the room through the door, the interior doesn’t match.

 

[Spooky Owl!]

I recently saw a few minutes of season 10, and I noticed there were opened doors in the living room that I don’t recall from earlier seasons. There were two doors on the long wall and one at the end near the bar that showed other rooms. Were the inside of these rooms ever shown on camera or referred to at all? I know there was once a a room I’d call a den in earlier seasons, but they stopped showing it in the early seasons.
I assumed the room was down the hall, which would put it connecting their living room, but from what little is seen of the room through the door, the interior doesn’t match.

The den/study early on was on the other side of the fireplace wall from the living room.

Don't try to make the sets make sense, let alone have them match the exterior of the ranch house. You'll be driven insane.

 

[Spooky Owl!]

 

[Spooky Owl!]

The real interiors (4800 Park Lane, Dallas, currently on sale for $10 million) reproduced on the Hollywood set:

The original den (obviously refurbished):

https://www.estately.com/listings/info/4800-park-lane--4

 

[Miss Texas 1967]

That home is classic and gorgeous (much nicer than what Southfork looks like nowadays )

 

[johnmmil10]

Thinking about the Southfork floor plan too long really does start to make your brain hurt!

 

[lbf522]

Now that that house on 4800 Park Lane is what they should have used as Southfork. The exterior as well as the interior. That house I can buy all those people living in.

 

[Alexis]

Yea CBS really did build a very cheap looking set if that's the house they modelled it on. Early Southfork is so basic compared to that.

 

[Spells & Karma]

The real interiors (4800 Park Lane, Dallas, currently on sale for $10 million) reproduced on the Hollywood set

Very nice indeed!


There's a 3 minute featurette on the house (and a mention of Dallas) here.

 

[Sarah]

I recently saw a few minutes of season 10, and I noticed there were opened doors in the living room that I don’t recall from earlier seasons. There were two doors on the long wall and one at the end near the bar that showed other rooms. Were the inside of these rooms ever shown on camera or referred to at all? I know there was once a a room I’d call a den in earlier seasons, but they stopped showing it in the early seasons.
I assumed the room was down the hall, which would put it connecting their living room, but from what little is seen of the room through the door, the interior doesn’t match.

One of those doors led to the gym as well.

This has got me thinking. Since the main rooms had en suites, did John Ross or Christopher ever go to to the toilet???

 

[Spooky Owl!]

One of those doors led to the gym as well.

We never knew for sure where the gym was. One script implied it was upstairs. Mentally, I always place it in front of the garage.

This has got me thinking. Since the main rooms had en suites, did John Ross or Christopher ever go to to the toilet???

I think you saw a tiny bathroom off of John Ross' room.

 

[Sarah]

We never knew for sure where the gym was. One script implied it was upstairs. Mentally, I always place it in front of the garage.


I think you saw a tiny bathroom off of John Ross' room.

I think I remember JR - possibly Clayton - walking downstairs to the door near the bar in the living room and entering the gym..

Oooo must go in look for this tiny bathroom.... thanks

 

[Spooky Owl!]

I think I remember JR - possibly Clayton - walking downstairs to the door near the bar in the living room and entering the gym..

Good. That's how I like it.

 

[Sarah]

Yeah I think it's off the living room. Thanks for posting a pic of JR lying down. :love5:

 

[Jock-O-Lantern]

Y’all sure they didn’t turn the den into the gym?

 

[Spooky Owl!]

Y’all sure they didn’t turn the den into the gym?

They used the den for various office sets around Dallas.

 

[johnmmil10]

They used the den for various office sets around Dallas.

Yes! Cliff’s office, Wendell’s office, and Dr. Conrad’s office are three that that come to mine when I think of the reused den set!

 

[Rove]

real interiors (4800 Park Lane, Dallas, currently on sale for $10 million) reproduced on the Hollywood set:

I've stated it before but 4800 Park Lane as of today is exactly how envisioned Southfork (TNT) to look...updated but classic. Do whatever you feel like upstairs but downstairs should have remained exactly the same.

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When I look at Southfork from the front the ground floor plan of 4800 Park Lane just seems to fit perfectly from the dining room, the foyer and onto the living room. There was an element of grandeur when the Ewing family would migrate from the living room to the dining room or vice versa in Lorimar Dallas. TNT Dallas had nothing like this.

 

[Sarah]

I've always liked the idea of the den. Somewhere they can go and hide and watch tv and just be normal. Like Netflix binges.

 

[Herofan]

I always enjoyed the den too. I wish they had continued to use it.