Help moving hot air around

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Dec 29, 2020
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Tyler123
Hey Ya'll! I have a 1850s house who's layout it unusual. I recently installed a Jotul F500 into an existing chimney and its heating the living/dining/kitchen room great. After reading a thread on moving air through the house I put a box fan in the doorway of the next room, pushing cold air into the room the stove is in. My question is where I should put a fan to get the air to the bedroom. Also, is there a more permanent solution than having a bunch of fans sitting around? Thanks in advance! Also, I'm not too concerned with getting the air upstairs. (There's only a 2nd story above the bedroom/hall/library and it's mostly guest rooms).

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The layout looks a bit like the shotgun houses one sees in New Orleans. Getting heat to the basement will be a challenge. Is there a basement?
 
The layout looks a bit like the shotgun houses one sees in New Orleans. Getting heat to the basement will be a challenge. Is there a basement?
Nope! No basement, in the south so just a crawl space under the house. It's an absurdly long house. That chimney all the way to the left is the one with the wood stove.

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I think I would put a safe electric heater in the far bedroom and call it good.