He also motorized the balloon shades, "so they will always look right, and the lady of the house does not need to fuss with them."

In the living room area, balloon shades made out of muslin filter the light and provide privacy from the street.

Elaborate window treatments with wooden shutters and balloon shades on top.

She might order balloon shades for a bedroom or make lighting suggestions for a library.

There's a photograph of a lustrous- orange, ruffle-edged balloon shade.

"We had done it all in jelly-bean colors with pale pink walls and a little balloon shade in the window," he said.

There are also balloon shades, table skirts and bed skirts.

IN the beginning, 15 years ago, a balloon shade was still an innovation.

Sheer balloon shades covered the windows.

A Cowtan & Tout powder blue balloon shade with fringe is $300.