Think of how bad a hall, stairs and landing could be, times it by 1000 and you have mine.
It is quite dark and dingy and as I have got to decorate it myself I was thinking of doing the whole thing white so i won't struggle so much with the top of the walls/celing.
I recently did dd2's room white and I love it as it is so easy to buy things for it, as anything goes.
Obviiously though, this is a high traffic area, so would I be nuts ? Would use a wipeable painit of course.