Costa Mesa staff and IKEA designers, Allen wrenches in hand, outfit new homeless shelter
Volunteer Suzanne Connolly puts together a door for a locker in the background as IKEA’s David Sandoval, left, and KareBear Schwandt, right, put together shelves at Costa Mesa’s new 72-bed permanent bridge shelter, on Tuesday. This is the first homeless shelter designed and furnished by IKEA.
(Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
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A new permanent bridge shelter on Costa Mesa’s Airway Avenue was taking shape Tuesday one Allen wrench turn at a time as IKEA designers and volunteers worked side by side assembling donated furniture in advance of a mid-April opening.