I did this once with my step daughter. She had multiple pairs of shoes she would leave right in front of the door. So, after multile warnings I took a pair and hid them. Just regular tennis shoes, nothing special and nothing that couldn't be replaced by one of her other pairs. Well, one day she wants those specific shoes but can't find them. I told them I hid them just like I said I would and my wife read me the riot act until I got them for her.
Then there is my wife and her backbacks. She has one for work, one for grad school, and one for the gym. Their "place" is out in the open in the living room. We'll do a Sunday house cleaning and she'll assign the boys to pick up and put away all of the stuff from the living room. Without fail they will say "where do you want me to put your bags?" Her response? "Oh, you can leave those and I'll take care of them." They never move.