Love your baskets. I would separate them so they are on different shelves, but leave on on bottom shelf. The figurine on the bottom shelf would look good paired with the brown vase that's on top shelf and with one of the baskets as they have a common theme.

would the cushions & throw fit in the larger of the two baskets? If so, place them in the one on bottom shelf. If not, I still think they can sit on bottom shelf.

Is the dark box a speaker that needs to stay where it is?

Is the fern real? In any case, it looks fine on that shelf but maybe take it off the books so it is more contained on that shelf.

I'm undecided if the lantern fit in or not.

Can you remove items I haven't mentioned and rearrange, then take another photo so we can see how that looks?

I mean leave ONE basket on bottom shelf.

Experiment with placing the two lanterns next to each other and at one end of a shelf with the wire basket on opposite end.

i should ask are the shelves equidistance to each other?

Hi @emmabondscott, what a beautiful set of shelves you have! You are also lucky to have some great items to work with in styling them. I agree with @holdengirl1971 and suggest that you fold the top of 1 basket in and put the soft furnishing inside it, this could then be placed on the left of the second shelf from the bottom, leaving the other basket on the right of the bottom shelf. If you group you lanterns and the object on the same shelf together just right of centre. Grouping in odd numbers is a good tip, as is placing items in a 'triangular pattern' (if you imagine viewing the items from above, they would form a triangle). When selecting items to place together, try to choose things that vary in height - tall , medium and small. The plant is also lovely and should definitely be kept. I hope you find this helpful, don't hesitate to get in touch if you would like any further advice.

All the best,

Jo Powell

The baskets look good like that. Do you already have some pieces of B & W pottery you can select from?

try moving the figurine closer to the vase & other object on that 2nd shelf, grouped in triangle like Jo suggested. I think the basket can stand alone on that end where it is.

Another idea is to pot an indoor trailing plant into a blue, blue & white, or a chunky white pot and set in on top shelf at opposite end as lanterns. If that's not an option, I like your idea about B&W pottery of varying heights.

Love the Marimeko, try adding some more books, some flat with others leaning up to them cheers

That's looks wonderful, Emma!