The stove sounds like a great idea. I love my fire and any house I've lived in I've always made sure that I'm able to light the fire. My thinking is that should all else fail (electricity, oil etc) I'll at least still be able to keep one room warm. I'm curious also how the stove heats the whole house??
In terms of keeping the house as warm as possible the draft excluders and curtains/blinds make a hell of a difference. Also if you use your radiators to dry clothes - and lets face it at this time of year most of us do to some extent - remember that this is going to really reduce the amount of heat in the room itself.
My dad gave me a little tool years ago for bleeding radiators and recommended I do it every year to get maximum heat from them. Make sure you put a cloth behind the little valve though - it's not called "bleeding" for nothing. Getting rusty watermarks off a wall is not easy!!!!
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