Hi eclipse 66
I'm sorry to hear about your break in.
This is quite tricky to picture as I wasn't certain which walls related to which, but I will give this a go.
I wonder if your ceilings are around the 2.4mtr mark, as your doors suggest. Although you have many windows that are probably floor to ceiling, each room is sectioned off by this central corridor, so no real natural light gets down there, is that right?
The little natural light that might filter through would be absorbed by the walls, and the colour you have on these walls would not be easily seen.
Without. Sounding too mainstream here, I would absolutely paint an offwhite wall the entire corridor and each adjoining living area off that, with exception to your kitchen.
All ceilings purest ceiling white along with the window frames and all internal doors.
The walls in a satin finish to help the light reflect a little, and move around the wall without being too shiny.
You haven't mentioned your floor? Try to keep it consistent in all the living areas including your hallway, and only carpet the bedrooms as these doors would be closed often. With the door filled hallway being a white gloss finish, and a white ceiling in a flat white, the walls will feel a little warmer in comparison, although still a white, perhaps something like a hog bristle 1/4 strength by dulux.
In your main living room, and kitchen, paint the hog bristle in full strength, so it feels warmer, as these spaces flow onto each other, feeling larger as a whole.
With your doors being so tall, (or the ceiling being comparably low), hang your window rods if any right at ceiling level, use a sheer curtain that even when partly closed let's light filter through, they dress the window but won't block light, for that install roller blinds that will roll right up exposing as much daylight as possible, and if privacy is a factor, the sheer will provide a buffer and still seem light filled.
Even if these are never used, framing the window will place an emphasis on the window frame, and more importantly the light they provide, swell as an illusion of vertical space even without it.
Aother suggestion for that hall is to use this principle to heighten the ceiling, visually, is to use lining boards vertically, or a wallpaper with a strip or vertical print. Drawing you eye upward toward the end, with a wallpaper, I'm thinking of one I've seen many times over, it's a white or cream background, with an image of birch trunks, the base or top of the trees arent revealed in the picture so it doesn't make the space feel from a low or high perspective. This would provide a creative distraction to the corridor, evoke a feeling as you have walking through a beautiful place, and is graphic but still very neutral. You can even paper you doors so when they're closed, the hallway won't feel so busy. I would remove carpet in the hall if you have any, because a warm closed in space without proper airflow, or light feels stuffy, and carpet absorbs sound and lint, where floorboards or hard surface atleasts has a sound walking down it, which amplifies noise and feels bigger again by comparison.
Against this neutral, cohesive space, your furniture andpersonality pieces can really stand out, particularly the red. I would also use this in the kitchen somewhere, maybe a gingham check fabric on the kitchen window or just your accessories.
The less is more theory also extends to colour, particularly in smaller busy spaces, minimize these elements, like the repeat of doors and architraves on your walls, by tying them in with single colour, and keep your decorations either in a theme or single colour hue. Scatter your colour around so visually you have somewhere your eye is drawn to around the space.
If you get pictures I will know if I'm way off track, but if any of them resonate with you, then great.
Good luck. Ml design

I'm wondering what's under those ceiling tiles, as they need to be fixed to something, would you consider taking them down, and if they're on a lining board ceiling, paint them white, and if there's a mess, you could buy lining boards and install them either as individual planks or in sheets, whichever is easier for you. Also if you could is it a builders demolition yard with reclaimed builders materials, I would look for your bedroom doors with a top glass insert in each, often older style bungalow doors or even federation style doors had lead lit or rippled clear glass in top sections, why not use these as your bedroom internal doors? They have no light from the corridor so privacy's little issue being crossbar or fractured glass, and the lift from open blinds during the day would make it's way down your corridor, and the glass would look like beautiful internal windows. I have done this on a bathroom door at the end of a winding hall for the same reason, and it's always nice to see it during the day.

I can spell light! I've miss-spelled it two or three times above I'm sorry

The entire house ceilings are michael angelo tiles which I cant afford to replace. With all the doors open and the house being up for sale in summer it does have more light there. However, using the same colour for instance as lounge (hypothetically speaking) is a different hue when in the darker area. I will find a way to post pics tomorrow - not sure how but will do my best which usually works ;) With pics you will understand my dilemma and with the now even more limited budget replacing ceilings etc isn't an option. The carpet is also a disgusting colour which I can't even begin to describe but to remove it isn't an option I don't think as it is only cheap rubbish as flooring which will definitely make it look tacky. If you are familiar with lockwood homes, this is basically the same thing but was built in 1979

If you can afford a few hundred dollars I would invest in one or two suntubes in the hallway. I did it with my dark entryway and it made a world of difference to how you felt in it. Regardless of paint colours and floor coverings. Natural light just lifts your mood.

You can see in my pics that the light in the before and after couldn't have been achieved with the new paint & floor sanding alone. It was the suntube!