Thanks to the original poster, please visit his post here:

http://www.tecmint.com/kernel-compilation-in-debian-linux/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+tecmint+%28Tecmint%3A+Linux+Howto%27s+Guide%29

Only one note to add to this; the very last command installs the kernel, but specify the command for a x386 system. If you system is amd64, those commands wont work.

This is the command for i386:

# dpkg -i linux-image-3.12.0-customkernel_1_i386.deb linux-headers-3.12.0-customkernel_1_i386.deb

This is the one for amd64:

# dpkg -i linux-image-3.12.0-customkernel_1_amd64.deb linux-headers-3.12.0-customkernel_1_amd64.deb