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Author and designer Mala Mukherji knew she wanted to move to New Mexico the minute she laid eyes on its sprawling blue skies and the Rio Grande Gorge near Taos.

That feeling was solidified six years ago, when she and her partner stepped foot on 269 Duval Road, a 10-acre property in El Prado.

鈥淢y boot hit this raw land, and my eyes filled up with tears, and I looked at him and I said, 鈥楾his is it,鈥欌�� Mukherji recalled.

Today, that property is occupied by a four-bedroom, four-bathroom home that Taos builder Don Pennington broke ground on in September 2020 and completed in 2024.

David Cordova, an associate broker for Sotheby鈥檚 International Realty, brought the home to market in December. It was previously listed by another broker for $7.5 million in January 2025.

The home, which Mukherji named Raven鈥檚 View, is a sprawling 7,000-square-foot stucco structure built with steel and wood framing and designed by Mukherji herself.

Steel and wood elements continue throughout the home鈥檚 grand interior, which is largely made up of concrete floors and lime-washed walls adorned with Native American art. The interior also features vast windows showcasing what Cordova described as 鈥渁 360-degree, million-dollar view鈥� of the surrounding Carson National Forest.

The home鈥檚 dark gray exterior was intentionally selected to make the home blend into the surrounding evergreen of pine, cedar and pi帽on trees and not pull too much attention away from the land, Cordova and Mukherji explained.

鈥淭he land is sacred, right? I mean, you can hike out the back door and still find arrowheads,鈥� Mukherji said. 鈥淗ow do you not honor that?鈥�

Cordova said the home does a good job of balancing a local perspective with Mukherji鈥檚 own personal perspective. Mukherji agreed, adding that the home is a result of her life鈥檚 work and journey to New Mexico.

鈥淓very inch of this home has 1,000 of my thoughts behind it,鈥� she said.

Mukherji, the firstborn of immigrants from India, grew up just outside of Los Angeles. Throughout her career, she鈥檚 been everything from a business attorney to a spiritual psychotherapist and designer.

She was serving as a performance coach for tech companies when one night, she had a dream of a place with big blue skies. She woke up and told her partner, 鈥淚 think we鈥檙e supposed to move.鈥� She鈥檇 never been to New Mexico, but her partner had driven through once. He said it was beautiful and that he always wanted to go back.

The couple began searching for homes in the area but couldn鈥檛 find anything that matched their aesthetic, Mukherji said. Her partner suggested she find some land and design them a home, and the rest was history.

As 鈥渁stounding, warm, regal, timeless, safe and healing鈥� as Mukherji said the home turned out to be, for some reason, she could never actually visualize herself and her partner living there.

During the last several years, they have lived partially in another home they have in Taos and partially in Los Angeles, with Mukherji鈥檚 partner commuting every other week to run his own advertising agency. That experience brought clarity to Mukherji鈥檚 feelings.

鈥�(My partner) 鈥� in July of 2024, as we鈥檙e almost done 鈥� said, 鈥榃e have to move back. I can鈥檛 run the company from here. It鈥檚 not working.鈥� And part of me wasn鈥檛 surprised,鈥� Mukherji said.

But the time spent wasn鈥檛 a waste, Mukherji said.

鈥淭his house brought my partner and I closer together because you go through so much design and building,鈥� Mukherji said, adding, 鈥淣ew Mexico showed me who I am on a level I never could have learned otherwise. There鈥檚 no way you can be on that land and live in that house and not see and feel yourself and those you love more clearly.鈥�

Window Shopping is a recurring Journal series exploring unique homes on the market in New Mexico. Send tips to Kylie Garcia, the Journal鈥檚 retail and real estate reporter, at kgarcia@abqjournal.com.