Scraping Paint

Wow, what a mess. The paint didn't look bad but once I started scraping, it peeled off like wallpaper. The green layer of paint (2nd layer of 4) is like chalk so the peach and cream are not well adhered. I'm trying to get all I can and we'll have to eventually wash off the rest of the "chalk". In the process I uncovered the original stenciling about 9 ft up and again just below the ceiling, two different very Arts & Crafts patterns. I plan on using the actual patterns again so I was glad to uncover them. They can be seen in the picture from 1915 though not very clearly. Fortunately the weather is cool because it can get hot 14ft up with a respirator on!