The cherubim had their wings spread upward, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim faced each other, looking toward the cover.
NIV
And the cherubim spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces to each other, looking down to the mercy seat. [Heb. 9:23-26.]AMP
And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims.
KJV