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We've all been to the hardware store before, and it's usually the same old, same old. But with a dose of inspiration from San Francisco designer Kaila Niles, who we featured just earlier this year, we took to recreating the style star's covetable quirky necklace...starting from the floor of The Home Depot.

With just a few simple supplies and a bit of hot glue, our own DIY whiz Chloe has easily (read: very easily) whipped up an almost-identical accessory that can upgrade any outfit.

Watch above for the step-by-step directions to create this simple, futuristic necklace that's out-of-this-world cool.

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00:05Hi guys, I'm Chloe with Refinery29 and today we'll be making this futuristic kind of matrixy necklace.
00:12I was inspired by this Bay Area designer, Kayla Niles, who wore one in a photo shoot we did.
00:18And we're going to make it today.
00:19You'll need some clear tubing. I found mine at Home Depot.
00:23Some copper pieces, scissors, and your glue gun.
00:27First, you want to take your tubing and I'm going to measure it around my neck.
00:32We're going to do it pretty tight. I'm going to snip it.
00:35Then I'm going to cut four of these.
00:39Next, I'm going to take my copper piece and loop it through to the center.
00:44And then go ahead and trim any of the ends if they're a little extra long.
00:48Take your glue gun and you're going to just put the glue inside the copper pipe.
00:54And then I'll go ahead and do it to the other side as well.
00:56Try not to get it onto the outside of the tubing.
00:59Then I'm going to take my second copper piece and put some glue all around the edge about halfway down.
01:06Then you'll want to quickly put the end in about halfway and then hold and secure it.
01:11Once the glue's dried, all you have to do is just stick the ends into the other side of the
01:16copper pipe.
01:19And it'll stay nice and secure.
01:21And there you have it.
01:22So easy, so affordable.
01:24And now you have kind of a cool, futuristic piece for your wardrobe.
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