Rewrite this paragraph in third person past tense, like a noir novel set in the 1940s.

We are a husband and wife team based in Brooklyn. We're originally from Turkey and we immigrated to NY after winning a green card lottery back in 2014 and as of 2020 we're proud to be naturalizing and becoming Turkish-Americans. Both of us studied engineering and had corporate jobs for over 5 years before we decided to quit and pursue a creative life style.

We're Zeynep and Erdem, a couple that strangely likes to be together all the time, we mean it. We own and operate a studio and a retail shop in Red Hook / Brooklyn and our life is pretty much all about work except short coffee breaks every now and then.

We started our business the same month we landed in NY back in 2014 after renting a tiny studio space in the heart of famously industrialized Red Hook. Even though we wanted to make and sell our own designs from the get go, it took us years to figure certain things out. We've been working with successful designers and makers for a living for many years and contributed to many of them achieving their design/production goals as their production partners, which turned out to be a rewarding observation period for us.

Even though we've been making and selling things on Etsy as a side hustle for many years ,like many other fellow makers March 2020 has been a turning point for us where we were forced to stop doing fabrication work and pursue our own creativity.

Home décor has always been a passion of ours but we never knew what to do with that. It took us a pandemic to figure out how to turn our ideas and knowledge to products that are within reach and actually sell well and create value.

Our work mostly rely on instinct but we're also good at doing our homework in terms of material research ,good craft, simplicity and value

If there's a better way to do something we'll go out of our way and do it.


- Zeynep and Erdem E.
They were a husband and wife team based in Brooklyn. Back in 1934 they won the green card lottery and immigrated from Turkey all the way to the Big Apple. Now as of the year 1949, they're naturalized - proud Turkish-Americans. They studied engineering, both of them and worked the 9 to 5 for over 5 years before calling it quits and pursuing a higher calling - the creative lifestyle.
Their names were Zeynep and Erdem - a couple that *strangely* enjoyed each other's company. No kidding. They owned and operated a studio and retail shop in Red Hook, Brooklyn and life was all about the work, except for the occasional short coffee break.
This business they had started back in 1934, the same month they stepped off the boat into New York City and walked into a tiny studio space in the infamously industrialized town of Red Hook. The plan was to make and sell their designs, but it was going to take years to figure it all out. Their background working with successful designers and makers for a living doubled as a rewarding observation period. It turns out it paid off to contribute to others' design and production goals as production partners.
They'd been doing this as a side hustle on Etsy for many years, making and selling things. But March 1949 was going to be a turning point. Just like many fellow makers, Zeynep and Erdem were forced to stop doing fabrication work and pursue their creativity.
They'd always had a passion for home décor, but never knew what to do with it. It took a pandemic to figure out how to turn their ideas and knowledge into products that were within reach. Products that actually sell well and create value.
Instinct was always their best friend, but don't think they didn't do their homework. In terms of material research, good craft, simplicity, and value, Zeynep and Erdem had it figured out. And if there was a better way to do something, you can bet your bottom dollar they were going to go out of their way to do it.