Meet the Owner: Beth Williams - The Heart Behind Walk Your Plans Sacramento

Bridging the Gap Between Paper & Reality

How One Designer Turned a Common Problem Into Sacramento’s Newest Preconstruction Solution

Welcome to Walk Your Plans Sacramento, where your blueprints come to life at full scale. At the heart of this innovative concept is Beth Williams, a seasoned kitchen and bath designer, veteran, and service-minded leader who’s redefining how people experience space before they build it.

This is the story of how a daily design frustration became a bold new service in Northern California, so no one has to guess what their home will feel like ever again.

Hi, I’m Beth Williams — designer, veteran, and founder of Walk Your Plans Sacramento. I’m passionate about helping clients see and feel their spaces before construction begins.

Meet the Owner: Beth Williams

Hi, I’m Beth, owner of Walk Your Plans Sacramento and someone who knows firsthand how overwhelming it can be to make big decisions based on small drawings.

My path into design started unexpectedly. Years ago, when my husband and I built our first home in the Midwest, I was working in sales. But I quickly fell in love with the homebuilding process, so much so that I convinced our builder to hire me to help select finishes for his spec homes. That hands-on experience ignited my passion, and I never looked back.

Like so many first-time homeowners, we were on a tight budget and made a lot of decisions based on trust. Some things looked great on paper, but felt off once we lived in them. To this day, I still think about how just two more feet in the dining room would’ve completely changed how we used the space. We didn’t need more money, we just needed better tools.

The Problem I Kept Seeing as a Designer

That early experience stayed with me as I became a kitchen and bath designer. I’ve spent years working with homeowners as they make some of the most emotionally charged—and expensive, decisions of their lives. You’re not just picking tile or cabinets. You’re choosing how your family will live in the space, day in and day out.

Even with renderings, floor plans, and 3D models, my clients often hesitated. They’d squint at drawings, turn them sideways, and ask:

“Do you think this will feel cramped?”
“Will I be able to see the island from the stove?”
“Is this hallway too narrow?”

And I’d often laugh, because in so many projects, one person could see the vision perfectly (usually the wife), while the other just couldn’t picture it at all. I’ve watched couples stare at a set of drawings completely out of sync, one confidently planning furniture placement, the other trying to visualize where the walls even are. It took a lot of work just to get everyone on the same page.

I could give them my professional opinion, but I couldn’t give them certainty. And that lack of clarity always made me nervous. These weren’t just cosmetic decisions, they were life-changing choices being made on trust.

Even though I could clearly see the design in my mind, the flow, the light, the proportions, it wasn’t my home. I could believe it would work beautifully, but ultimately, they were the ones who had to live in it.

And when you’re designing someone else’s forever home, “I think it’ll work” just isn’t good enough.

As a kitchen and bath designer, I often saw clients struggle to visualize their homes from blueprints and renderings alone. This inspired me to find a better way.

My ‘Aha’ Moment

That lingering discomfort, that gap between the plan and the lived experience, is what led me to create Walk Your Plans.

I started imagining:
What if my clients could actually walk their layout before it was built?
Not virtually. Not tracing it with blue tape in their living room.
But physically stand in their future home.
Pace the hallways. Open imaginary doors. Stand at the island and test the sight lines.
Feel the space with their own two feet, before a single dollar was spent on construction.

When I discovered that this technology already existed, projecting full-scale plans onto a warehouse floor, it immediately clicked. It solved the exact problem I’d been trying to work around for years.

I knew right away: I had to bring this to Sacramento.

My Why

Before I became a designer, I served over a decade in the South Dakota and California Army National Guards. In that work, attention to detail and preparation weren’t just important, they were everything. That mindset carried with me into design: double-checking measurements, planning for the unexpected, leading with responsibility.

So when I set out to build Walk Your Plans, I didn’t want it to be just innovative or cool. I wanted it to be reliable, repeatable, and incredibly useful, for homeowners, designers, builders, and architects alike.

Because whether you’re building a home, designing for a client, or managing a commercial project, you deserve clarity before construction begins.

I’m excited to bring Walk Your Plans to Sacramento and help builders, designers, and homeowners build with confidence and clarity. Let’s walk your plans together.

Looking Ahead

My friends and coworkers have often teased me for being “Ms. Thorough”.. the one who double-checks every detail and wants to anticipate every possibility before it becomes a problem. And honestly? They’re not wrong. That mindset has served me well in both military service and design.

It’s also a big part of why I built Walk Your Plans.

I didn’t create this just to give clients a fun, wow-factor experience—though it’s incredibly rewarding to see people light up when they walk through their space. I built it to help other businesses grow, to make design and construction more efficient, and to raise the standard for what great customer service looks like in our industry.

Walk Your Plans is here to serve Northern California’s builders, interior designers, architects, and realtors, offering a one-of-a-kind tool that makes projects smoother, timelines tighter, and clients happier.

Let’s Meet in Person

I’d love to show you the space, walk your project, and let you experience the process firsthand. I know how much this can change your design process, because I’ve lived on both sides of the table.

Interested in learning more or scheduling a walkthrough? Reach out anytime, I’d love to hear what project you’re working on next.