If you’re planning a kitchen remodel, bathroom renovation, or home addition in Sacramento, you’ve likely stared at construction drawings wondering, “Is this really going to feel right?” Blueprints, elevations, and 3D renderings are helpful, but for many homeowners, they don’t fully translate into how a space will actually function day-to-day. That’s exactly why Walk Your Plans has opened a new location in Sacramento — offering a full-scale, true-to-size way to physically walk your floor plan before construction begins.
At Parrish Construction, we believe great remodeling starts with clarity. Walk Your Plans gives homeowners, designers, and builders an opportunity to step inside their layout early in the design phase — reducing uncertainty, avoiding costly change orders, and making confident decisions before framing ever begins.
Below, Beth Williams, owner of Walk Your Plans Sacramento, shares the story behind the company, her background in kitchen and bath design, and why this process can be such a game-changer for homeowners, designers, and builders alike.
How did Walk Your Plans get started?
Walk Your Plans was founded in 2023 out of a very real frustration with understanding construction plans. The founders were building a vacation home with multiple bedrooms and what was labeled as a “great room.” Once construction was underway, they realized the space couldn’t actually accommodate the number of people staying in the home.
The joke is that the “great room” functioned more like a “good room.”
The issue wasn’t poor intentions or bad planning; it was that the scale and function of the space weren’t fully understood until it was too late to change affordably.
That experience sparked the idea behind Walk Your Plans: projecting plans at full scale so people can physically walk their spaces before construction begins. After building the concept, a video demonstrating the process went viral on Instagram, confirming that this was a widespread problem across the industry. In 2024, Walk Your Plans signed its first licensed location. As of 2026, there are 26 open locations nationwide, with an estimated 50 locations projected by the end of the year.
In late 2024, Walk Your Plans entered a new chapter under the ownership of Beth Williams, who brought the concept to Sacramento and opened the local location in October 2025.
What exactly is Walk Your Plans?
Walk Your Plans allows clients to physically walk through their construction plans at full scale, translating drawings into real-world understanding before construction begins.
The experience is designed for:
- Homeowners
- Designers
- Builders and contractors
- Anyone overwhelmed by plans, elevations, or scale
Can you share a bit about your background prior to opening Walk Your Plans?
I’ve spent my career in kitchen and bath design, helping homeowners translate ideas, inspiration, and real-world constraints into layouts that function in everyday life. My work has always lived at the intersection of design intent, construction realities, and budget. Basically, I’d help clients balance what they want with what’s practical and achievable.
Personally, I’m drawn to space planning and problem-solving. I genuinely enjoy helping people create homes that support how they live, not just how the space looks. A home should feel like a sanctuary. It should be a place that reduces stress, not one that creates it through poor layout or overlooked decisions.
What initially drew you to Walk Your Plans and led you to open the Sacramento location?
In 2024, I was actively looking for an opportunity to do something more within the industry and ultimately work for myself. I came across Walk Your Plans on Instagram and immediately thought, that’s a great idea. After spending time learning about it, and having a lot of conversations at home, my husband and I flew to Cleveland to experience it in person.
Seeing the technology firsthand sparked countless ideas. It directly addressed many of the challenges I’d faced with clients for years, especially around communication, visualization, and decision-making. A few months later, I signed on to open the Sacramento location and began the process of bringing Walk Your Plans to this market.
What problem does Walk Your Plans solve that you see most often in your work?
Most clients are not visual, and pre-construction can be an incredibly difficult phase because of that. I saw it constantly: spouses disagreeing, projects stalling, and months spent trying to finalize layouts, particularly in kitchens, before even getting to finishes. Some homeowners walked away from remodeling altogether because they didn’t fully understand what they were committing to and felt uneasy about the investment.
Even more challenging were situations where clients believed they understood the plans, signed off, and later said, “This isn’t what I thought it would be,” once construction had already started. Walk Your Plans addresses that gap by helping people truly understand their space before they commit, reducing confusion, hesitation, and costly mistakes.
What do clients often realize during a Walk Your Plans session that surprises them?
It’s hard to fully grasp the value of Walk Your Plans until you experience it. It’s wild how you’ll stare at blueprints for months on a screen and then suddenly when the plans are blown up to real size at your feet, little mistakes become very apparent.
Things like door swings interfering with furniture, windows not aligning as expected, or clearances feeling tighter than imagined suddenly become very clear. And those details matter. The difference between 42 inches and 48 inches doesn’t always register on paper, but it absolutely impacts how a space feels and functions every day.
Most change orders aren’t caused by bad decisions; they happen because decisions are made too late, once people finally understand their space.
If those realizations happen after drywall goes up, changes become expensive very quickly. Our goal is to help people understand their investment earlier, make informed decisions, and avoid those costly downstream surprises.
Why is the Walk Your Plans experience intentionally simple?
People are often surprised by how effective the 2D experience is. I’m frequently asked whether Walk Your Plans is 3D or uses VR, and the honest answer is that it doesn’t need to. In many cases, the simplicity is where the real value lies.
By removing goggles, headsets, and unnecessary “props,” people stay grounded in the actual space — focusing on scale, flow, and function instead of being distracted by effects. We can still display 3D renderings or full-color mockups on the wall for reference, but the understanding happens when you’re physically walking the plan at full scale. Walk Your Plans delivers clarity around space without adding layers of technology that can sometimes get in the way of good decision-making.
Can you share an example of the impact Walk Your Plans can have?
One of my favorite client experiences so far was actually with a builder who came in to demo the service. We walked the plans for a home that was already under construction, with framing actively up in the field. During the session, the team identified five to eight layout issues and improvement opportunities they hadn’t caught previously. Their immediate response was to call the homeowner and head back to the jobsite to make adjustments.
Even at the framing stage, the cost to correct these layout issues was significantly lower than it would have been after finishes were installed.
At that point, most homeowners end up living with daily frustrations because the changes become too expensive to justify.
The real difference is that a Walk Your Plans session shows how everything interacts. You’re not just looking at walls in isolation, you’re seeing framing alongside electrical, windows, door swings, cabinetry, finishes, and furniture, which we can populate on the spot during the session. It’s a real-size working session designed to help people understand how all the parts work together, because that’s ultimately how the space will be experienced and used.
How Parrish Construction Uses Walk Your Plans
As a Sacramento design-build remodeling company, we see Walk Your Plans as a powerful planning tool — especially for larger kitchen remodels, primary bathroom reconfigurations, and home additions where layout decisions have long-term impact.
During the design and pre-construction phase, one of the biggest challenges homeowners face is understanding scale. The difference between a 4-foot and 5-foot island clearance. How a door swing interacts with cabinetry. Whether a hallway feels open or tight.
Being able to physically walk the layout helps remove doubt before permits are finalized and materials are ordered. It’s not about second-guessing the design — it’s about strengthening it.
If you’re planning a remodel in Sacramento and want to feel completely confident in your layout before construction begins, we’re happy to coordinate a Walk Your Plans Session as part of your design process. It’s one more way we help our clients build smarter — not just build beautifully.
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