Blast from the past: The swanky Southfork Ranch

The Ewing family home, Southfork Ranch, was centre stage throughout the series - a pristine white mansion with its signature yellow and white striped awning and a front-porch swimming pool where the family would breakfast daily with matriarch, Miss Ellie.

The sprawling Southfork Ranch epitomised the arrogant wealth of the Ewings.

But many of us lived vicariously through them. We could imagine ourselves living charmed lives there, amid the fancy chandeliers, the antique furniture, the expensive wallpaper, the grand piano, the opulent bedrooms with walk-in wardrobes, the rich tapestry covered sofas, riding a horse (Stetson, optional) across the lush acreage without a care in the world, except for the price of oil shares and whether the maid had remembered to polish the gold taps in our million-dollar marble ensuite!

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