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Welcome to GEA Custom
Create Your Families Favorite Space
Welcome to Gea Custom! We’re a husband-and-wife team specializing in personalized home remodeling, dedicated to transforming your space into something uniquely yours. With a combined 30 years of experience in the trades, home design, and home staging, we offer a seamless blend of creativity and craftsmanship. Our goal is to create spaces that are not only beautiful but also highly functional for your family.
Our Mission
At Gea Custom, our mission is twofold: to help homeowners customize their homes to reflect their personal style while enhancing functionality, and to make the remodeling process as enjoyable and stress-free as possible.
We achieve this by offering personalized remodeling solutions tailored to fit each family’s unique needs and lifestyle. Through thoughtful design and planning, we ensure that every project balances beauty with practicality.
To keep the experience smooth and enjoyable, we prioritize clear communication and collaboration at every stage. With advanced 3D design tools, we help clients visualize their project early on, ensuring their vision is realized with precision.
With Gea Custom, you can expect creativity, attention to detail, and a process designed to make transforming your home an exciting and positive experience.
Our Story
Gea Custom started from a shared passion for transforming spaces. As a husband-and-wife team, we discovered our unique strengths while remodeling three different homes. Doug quickly realized that Kristy has a magical ability to see what a space could truly be before it’s remodeled. In turn, Kristy learned that Doug enjoys the challenge of recreating her vision and making it a reality.
Our remodeling journey began with a house that needed significant repairs to make it comfortable. With our second house, we focused on making it market-ready and appealing for sale. After seeing the incredible transformation, we realized we should have fixed it up sooner so we could have enjoyed it while we lived there. Of course, during that time, we were also caught up in the chaos of raising three young girls and building our own businesses.
After learning from our previous experience, we knew that when we searched for a new home in Rosemount, we wanted a space we could live in and customize to work perfectly for our family. This involved adding a beautiful deck with a pergola, knocking down walls, and creating an open floor plan featuring a stunning kitchen island. In other rooms, we added a custom-made Murphy bed, built-in storage with floating shelves, and a variety of interior design elements. We love having a beautiful and functional space for our family. Encouraged by friends and family, we decided to use our talents and vision to help other families enjoy the same thing.
This is why we named our company Gea Custom. For us, Gea means family. G, E, and A are the initials of our three daughters: Gracie, Ellie, and Ava. The word “Custom” represents our mission to customize your home according to your vision. Our tagline, “Remodel & Redesign,” reflects our approach—we’re not just remodeling by putting up walls; we’re here to help you redesign your space to not only be beautiful but also to function perfectly for your family.
"Exceptional quality, thoughtful details, and a team that truly cares. Highly recommend!"
Our process
Transforming Homes in Three Simple Steps
At Gea Custom, our process is designed to keep things simple and stress-free, while ensuring exceptional results. We follow a clear, three-step approach that keeps homeowners informed and involved from start to finish:
We begin with a complimentary phone and in-home consultation to understand your goals, style, and budget. This step helps us define the project scope and provide an initial estimate.
Once you choose to move forward, we enter the design and planning phase, where we develop the exact price. This includes pre-planning, material selections, and advanced 3D design to help you visualize the result. Securing your spot on the construction schedule happens during this stage.
With everything carefully planned and selected, we move into construction. Our team ensures clear communication and quality craftsmanship throughout the build, turning your vision into reality. This streamlined process allows us to deliver beautifully customized spaces while making the experience smooth, enjoyable, and free of surprises.
Doug Kasper - Lead Project Manager
Doug has owned 1 2 3 Home Theater since 2009. He has worked on everything from installing state-of-the-art home theater systems to designing custom audiovisual solutions for hundreds of satisfied clients. While Doug loves technology, his true passion lies in knowing that his work helps bring families together for memorable movie nights. Being one of the last trades during the final stages of home construction or remodeling, he would hear the positive and negative stories homeowners had from the contractors they worked with.
Hearing this, Doug set out to create a much more positive experience for our customers by addressing common homeowner frustrations. He focuses on ensuring clear communication, reliable scheduling, and a smoother overall process. Leveraging his technology background, Doug integrates 3D design tools to help customers visualize their projects ahead of time, enhancing communication and ensuring they stay informed and involved at every step of the process.
Kristy Kasper - Lead Designer
Kristy has owned and operated the home staging company With Buyer’s Eyes since 2014. She has used her design skills to help families receive the most value from one of their largest investments. However, she realized that while staging homes for sale was rewarding, helping homeowners create spaces they love and can enjoy for many years is even more fulfilling.
Homeowners often remarked after seeing their transformed homes, ‘I wish we had set it up this way while we lived here,’ which inspired Kristy to focus on creating spaces that families can truly live in and enjoy, not just prepare for sale. Now, as Lead Designer at Gea Custom, Kristy can do exactly that. She is excited to use her keen eye for design and her staging experience to craft personalized spaces that balance style and practicality for modern living.