PHOTO: When a guy works 56 nearly sleepless hours in a week and then comes home to a wife and five kids aged 3 months to 12 years, he needs a retreat every now and then.
For Joseph Scott Duffy, it’s the garage at his Ahwatukee home, though you won’t find a minivan, pickup or sedan there.
What you’ll find is a space brimming with tools, large and small pieces of wood in various stages of finish and original wooden creations ranging from fireplace mantels and doors to tables and who-knows-what-else. This is not just a handyman cave. It’s also action central for Duffy’s emerging business, THF Woodwork LLC.
Over the past few years, that garage has evolved into a space for “creating custom wood pieces for clients, teaching the kids basic tool skills and designing a shop I could be proud of,” he explains on his Facebook page.