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6. Today, the old bakery hums again — this time with hammers ringing and torches hissing as blacksmiths forge gates, railings, and lights. archive, and the copyrighted pieces are available through its downloadable catalog. Its handiwork crowns landmarks coast to coast — from pedigreed residences, historic theaters, and train stations to the U.S. Capitol, the Smithsonian Institution, and the National Gallery of Art. M arynick renovated the f o r m e r M r s . B a i rd 's Bakery with a light touch, working with local preservationists and a firm that advises on historic tax credits. He welcomed walk-throughs from George Dahl's granddaughter, designer Adrienne Faulkner, and from Floyd Carroll Baird, former CEO of Mrs. Baird's Bread, who died in July at age 97. Janet Baird Quisenberry, granddaughter of founder Ninnie Baird, shared old newspaper clippings of the building — an invaluable resource for the restoration. Like most Highland Park kids who toured Mrs. Baird's Mockingbird Lane plant after it moved there in 1950, Marynick knew the Baird name early. On the sidelines of his older brother's games, he'd often run into Quisenberry, who was there to watch her son, Baird; when hunger struck, she'd "save the day" with powdered donuts from her purse. He never imagined that one day he would steward the factory that once housed the Baird family's original Dallas bakery. Nostalgia aside, the rebuild was anything but romantic. "It was a monster feat renovating a 100-year-old building and moving a 140-year-old factory," Marynick says. Last year, after a long push to get ready, 22 semi trucks loaded with Decorators Supply treasures rolled out of Chicago and headed south. Crews in Dallas unloaded tens of thousands of rare molds, original carvings, and shop machines into the restored building, joining the full Iron Age setup of forges, anvils, tongs, and jigs for custom metalwork. Today, the old bakery hums again — this time with hammers ringing and torches hissing as blacksmiths forge gates, railings, Clockwise from top: A sampling of Decorators Supply's antique wood molds. Tools of the plaster trade. Antique trolley holds wood molds. An artisan makes composition ornament. 131