Duluth wood artists recover their State Fair building after it was accidentally sold

Bailey Builds, a Duluth wood-art company that was featured on “Love is Blind,” is back on track for a full show at the State Fair after a container company accidentally sold the contents of their booth.

“Well, here’s a story I didn’t think I’d be telling,” co-owner Anna Bailey posted on Facebook Thursday. “Our entire Minnesota State Fair building is gone.”

Bailey wrote that a storage company accidentally sold their container, which included walls, flooring, signing and lights. She did not name the company.

“With just days to go before the Fair opens, we’re left with nothing. No building. No backup. No plan B,” she wrote. “So we’re scrambling. We’re problem-solving. We’re doing what small business owners do — figuring it out in real time and trying to hold on to a sense of humor in the process.“

Good news came Friday afternoon. The container company had tracked down the business in northern Iowa to which it had sent the gear and arranged for its return.

According to Kristen Austin, who does marketing for Bailey Builds, the container is enroute to the fairgrounds.

“This year’s Fair already has a story to tell,” Nathanael Bailey said in a statement. “We’re just glad we’ll be there to tell it.”

The company got a boost in business when roughly 70 of its pieces were used for the Minneapolis season of “Love is Blind.” The wood art was used to decorate the luxury apartments at 365 Nicollet occupied by the couples during local filming.