A shelf assembly for use in a refrigerator, said shelf assembly comprising: a shelf panel comprising a glass material; said shelf panel comprising a generally planar glass shelf portion and a perimeter integrated glass spill protection lip that is formed with and circumscribes said generally planar glass shelf portion and curves upwardly above a generally planar upper surface of said generally planar glass shelf portion; wherein said perimeter integrated glass spill protection lip comprises a glass upwardly angled front perimeter region, a glass upwardly angled rear perimeter region and glass upwardly angled opposite side perimeter regions; wherein said glass shelf panel comprises a substantially transparent glass material; a frit layer along said upwardly angled side perimeter regions of said shelf panel; wherein said upwardly angled front perimeter region, said upwardly angled rear perimeter region and said upwardly angled perimeter side regions are upwardly angled along respective perimeter regions of said generally planar glass shelf portion and curve upwardly above said generally planar upper surface of said generally planar glass shelf portion; said upwardly angled side perimeter regions and said upwardly angled front and rear perimeter regions cooperating to provide a raised substantially continuous upwardly angled perimeter integrated glass spill protection lip around the perimeter of said generally planar glass shelf portion; said upwardly angled side perimeter regions having (i) respective upwardly angled upper surfaces above said generally planar upper surface of said generally planar glass shelf portion and (ii) respective upwardly angled lower attachment surfaces at an underside of said upwardly angled side perimeter regions; and a pair of opposite support rails, each of said support rails having a generally vertical portion and an angled portion that extends at an angle from an upper edge region of said generally vertical portion, said angled portions of said support rails being angled to generally correspond to the angle of said upwardly angled side perimeter regions of said shelf panel, said angled portions of said support rails being bonded via a cured adhesive layer along a respective one of said lower attachment surfaces of said side perimeter regions of said shelf panel, wherein said cured adhesive layer comprising a substantially transparent material, said cured adhesive layer comprising an optical index that generally corresponds with an optical index of said substantially transparent glass material. a shelf panel comprising a glass material; said shelf panel comprising a generally planar glass shelf portion and a perimeter integrated glass spill protection lip that is formed with and circumscribes said generally planar glass shelf portion and curves upwardly above a generally planar upper surface of said generally planar glass shelf portion; wherein said perimeter integrated glass spill protection lip comprises a glass upwardly angled front perimeter region, a glass upwardly angled rear perimeter region and glass upwardly angled opposite side perimeter regions; wherein said glass shelf panel comprises a substantially transparent glass material; a frit layer along said upwardly angled side perimeter regions of said shelf panel; wherein said upwardly angled front perimeter region, said upwardly angled rear perimeter region and said upwardly angled perimeter side regions are upwardly angled along respective perimeter regions of said generally planar glass shelf portion and curve upwardly above said generally planar upper surface of said generally planar glass shelf portion; said upwardly angled side perimeter regions and said upwardly angled front and rear perimeter regions cooperating to provide a raised substantially continuous upwardly angled perimeter integrated glass spill protection lip around the perimeter of said generally planar glass shelf portion; said upwardly angled side perimeter regions having (i) respective upwardly angled upper surfaces above said generally planar upper surface of said generally planar glass shelf portion and (ii) respective upwardly angled lower attachment surfaces at an underside of said upwardly angled side perimeter regions; and a pair of opposite support rails, each of said support rails having a generally vertical portion and an angled portion that extends at an angle from an upper edge region of said generally vertical portion, said angled portions of said support rails being angled to generally correspond to the angle of said upwardly angled side perimeter regions of said shelf panel, said angled portions of said support rails being bonded via a cured adhesive layer along a respective one of said lower attachment surfaces of said side perimeter regions of said shelf panel, wherein said cured adhesive layer comprising a substantially transparent material, said cured adhesive layer comprising an optical index that generally corresponds with an optical index of said substantially transparent glass material.